This project originally appeared as a series of articles in MODEL
RAILROADER magazine, and was first published as a book in 1984. That
edition has been out for print for more than a decade. In this Silver
Anniversary Benchmark Publications' edition, author and artist
Malcolm Furlow again shows you how to build your own version of the
HOn3 San Juan Central. A new chapter tells what has happened to the
railroad and its builder in the past 25 years.
THIS BOOK describes how its author, Malcolm Furlow, built the San
Juan Central, an HOn3 model railroad. Malcolm described building this
layout in a nine-part series of articles in MODEL RAILROADER magazine
(November 1983 to August 1984). These articles were re-published by
Kalmbach Books in 1984 - as the softbound HO Narrow Gauge Railroad
You Can Build. The book went through three printings by Kalmbach over
the next seven years.
Now, 25 years after the first printing, this Silver Anniversary
Edition has been produced by Benchmark Publications, Ltd., publishers
of the NARROW GAUGE AND SHORT LINE GAZETTE magazine.
While the text, drawings, and photos of the original book have
been faithfully reproduced, the front and back covers are new, as is
this introduction, and a chapter about the many activities of Malcolm
after he built the San Juan Central - and what happened to it.
Benchmark Publications is proud to make Malcolm's book available
again, and would like to thank Kalmbach for generously allowing us
reprint it. We also want to thank Bob Hayden for organizing this
Silver Anniversary Edition. We know that many "San Juan Centrals"
were inspired by the first three printings, and hope that this new
edition will encourage readers to build a San Juan Central of your
own - whatever the scale.
