User:T.woelk/Sources
Some Sources
Arabia[edit]
- William Facey, Riyadh: The Old City from Its Origins Until the 1950's, 1992, ISBN 0907151329
- William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN 1 900988 18 6
- William Facey, Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers, 1996, ISBN 0 905743 741
- William Facey, Dir'Iyyah and the first Saudi State, 1997, ISBN 0905743 806
- William Facey, Back to Earth: Adobe Building in Saudi Arabia, 1997, ISBN 1900404133
- William Facey, Queen of the India Trade, Nov.2005 in Saudi Aramco World.
- Geoffrey King, The Traditional Architecture of Saudi Arabia, 1998, London, New York, ISBN 1860643396
- Andrew Thompson, Origins of Arabia, 2000, ISBN 1 900988 04 6
- Amir 'Abd al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Sudairi, The Desert Frontier of Arabia, Al-Jawf through the Ages, 1995, ISBN 0905743 75 X
- Khaled Al-Jeraisy, Raghbah, 2000, ISBN 9970-36-669-3 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum
- Al-Turaif Bath House and the Guest Palace, KSA-Deputy Ministry of Antiquities and Museums, 2000, ISBN 9960-19-438-8
- Abdelrahman R. Al-Ansary, Die alten Kulturen von Al-Ula und Madain Salih, 2004, ISBN 9960-9301-3-0
- Abdelrahman R. Al-Ansary, Tayma, Crossroads of Civilization, 2005, ISBN 9960-9559-4-X
- Abdelrahman R. Al-Ansary, Salih Al-Mareeh, Najran, a Staging-Post for Caravans, 2007, ISBN 9960-9559-7-4
- Shawqi Abu Khalil, Atlas of the Qur'an, 2003, ISBN 9960-897-54-0
- Ionis Thompson, Desert Treks from Riyadh, Stacey International, London, UK, 1994, pp. x-y, ISBN 0-905743768
- Patricia Barbor, Desert Treks from Jeddah, 1996, ISBN 0 905743 89 X
- Patrick Pierard, Patrick Legros, Off-Road in the Hejaz, 1997, ISBN 1 86063 027 8
- Jon Carter, Desert Treks from Al Khobar, 2002, ISBN 1 900988 372
- ?Saudi Geological Survey?, ?~Maps of Mecca?, 1426/2005, ISBN 9960-9551-4-1
- Mājid ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sunaydī, al-Munshaʼat al-ḥajarīyah al-ramzīyah dhāta al-simāt al-ḥaḍārīyah (containing?~Rock Structures north of Riyadh?), ?Deputy Ministry of Antiquities & Museums?, al-Riyāḍ, 2001, ISBN 9960-35-571-3
- ?King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives?, ?Maps of the Military History of Saudi Arabia?, 2004, ISBN 9960-693-89-9
- Saudi Aramco World articles
- Archnet.org
News Articles to work into articles[edit]
- Health ministry announces medical care eligibility list By Joe Avancena in Saudi Gazette to Healthcare in Saudi Arabia
- Sultan bin Salman meets tourism investors by Saudi Press Agency in Saudi Gazette to Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- About the new Museum Complex in Riyadh
- SCT Plans Islamic Heritage Museum
- Jeddah Summons Denizens for Historic Center Cleanup
- Last Man Standing
- Roads and Railroads
- Project begins to develop historic Diriyah
- Two new museums to be established in Makkah and Madinah
- Tourism in Saudi Arabia
Persons[edit]
- Geoffrey King at SOAS
- William Facey at Arabian Publishing Ltd.
Wikipages[edit]
Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Public domain
Wooden Toy Train - External links[edit]
- Links
- Doug Atkinson at Toy wooden Railroads and old version here. With a nice history page here.
- Dave Pecota at www.oldwoodtoys.com with information on some early North American and European manufacturers.
- Thoughts on track geometry at "Observations on Track for Toy Trains." by Dave Barber.
- Toy Wooden Train offers suggestions for custom track layouts.
- Museums
- At www.brio.net search for the "Lekoseum" to surf to the "Brio Toy Museum".
- Nürnberg Spielzeug Museum (Nuremberg Toy Museum, Germany) To find old trains go to the "virtual depot" and type "Eisenbahn" for train at the field "Bezeichnung" and "Holz" for wood as material.
- The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, has a set by Skaneateles Handicrafters for Playskool in its collection.
- The Toy Train Depot in Alamogordo, New Mexico, has some items related to wooden toy trains.
- Collectors
- The Wooden Railway Page - Australian enthusiast's personal website, containing photos of his large collection.
- j.k. Baukastensammler - A "Construction Toy Collector" site by Joachim Kleindienst with an extensive catalog of early sets. Not many wooden trains but much information and examples of early design origins and company histories. Search for Eichhorn, Pewesti and Heros among others.
- Self-made toys
- Track, buildings and rolling stock at "Jigs and notes for making wooden train tracks" by Brian K. Donnelly.(Version at web.archive.org)
- Trains at Hoogerland National Railways by Todd Hoogerland.
- virtual toys
- "BRIO Wooden Railway Raytracing" by John Mechalas using AutoCad.
- Some models in the Sketchup 3d format by "acad whiz" as part of the 3D Challenge #002 - Wooden Toy
- Raily for Windows - Track layout program, with description of Brio tracks.
- Trackdraw - An open source track layout program to build layouts for Lego trains, wooden track trains, slot cars and other things with a discussion group here.
- Several Homepages of manufacturers and toy vendors have online games related to wooden toy trains. Examples are the Eichhorn Express, the Brio Track Builder or the Train Game. A GPL licensed arcade game using the design of wooden toy trains is Ri-Li at www.ri-li.org.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wooden toy trains.
Some Manufacturer Homepages for easier reference[edit]
- Europe
- America
- Asia