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Getting Started with LEGO Trains | 
 enlarge | Author: Jacob Mckee
Publisher: No Starch Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 254394
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 1593270062
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.19
UPC: 689145700626
EAN: 9781593270063
ASIN: 1593270062
Publication Date: December 2003
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Condition: Book and Cover in Excellent Condition
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Product Description
The first and only in-depth reference to building LEGO trains. Here's everything you need to know to build LEGO trains, from setting up train tracks to building custom freight cars. LEGO insider, Jacob H. McKee, shares some of his most fascinating and original train designs, while including descriptive articles on basic building techniques, plus high-quality building instructions for several different projects. Veteran LEGO trains fanatics and curious beginners alike will find this book the easiest way to get started with LEGO trains. JACOB H. MCKEE is a well-known figure in the LEGO trains community and the LEGO Community Development Manager for North America. Jacob has worked on more than 400 websites and countless community projects, including the official LEGO Trains website www.lego.com/trains. He has been building LEGO creations since he was a young boy.
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 just OK April 28, 2008
Good for the price but didn't really offer much insight. As a beginner I wish it had more on how to lay out track and less as an idea book.
 Let's play with 9V Lego trains ! February 5, 2008
Great guide
lot of history
couple of buidling instructions (including double container wagon TTX)
Easy to read
Clear explanations and ideas
 Recommended for real Lego Train fans January 3, 2007
This book delivers pretty much what you would expect.
The first part covers some general background on the Lego 9V train system (if you are looking for info on the newer RC stuff, this book is not for you). The second part gives detailed building instructions for some cars and an engine. The last chapter gives some track layout ideas. The book is written in a very to-the-point style and very well illustrated.
The projects suggested are very nice, though it might be hard finding some of the parts Jake suggests using.
The only reason I didn't give this book five stars is that it leaves me wanting more.....
Quality book--Quality designs! May 7, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a wonderful book for LEGO Train lovers... this is a REALLY solid book containing detailed yet easy-to-use plans for making all types of trains... the production quality of the book is excellent--with high quality renderings, photos, and well written supporting text. Excellent work--and a must-read for those who aspire to do such quality design work (both 3D and actual LEGO bricks).
Mainstream LEGO train documentation December 17, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well written, lots of research, with the three model diagrams being the highlight of this book. Beginners will have to put the book down, get the bricks they need, then come back to build McKee's great designs. I would have ordered the designs a bit differntly, however, with easier designs first, leading up to the more complicated engine design.<br /><br />There's a lot of good reference here, and the author is quite thorough when following through on his assumed intentions to introduce LEGO trains into the mainstream. He's broken ground and set a very high standard for others to follow.
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