Modular Railroading Handbook
Jim Spavins has been a model railroader and railfan since 1993 whose main interest in the hobby is building modules.  Over the past two decades, he has helped build over 140 modules for the Mohegan Pequot Model Railroad Club where he is currently the Webmaster and former Vice President.  In addition, he is a former columnist for the magazine Model Railroad News where he wrote for three years from 1999 to 2001.  He has also had model railroad design ideas featured in Model Railroader magazine and has written the books 90 Days to Rockville, 30 Years of Modular Railroading, and Diesels on the Northeast Corridor.