founder al c. kalmbach country of origin united states headquarters location waukesha wisconsin united states key people charles r. croft publication types books magazines nonfiction topics hobbies trains crafts model railroading autos drones astronomy snowmobiles . number of employees 275 1 official website www.kalmbach.com kalmbach publishing co. is an american publisher of books and magazines many of them railroad related . it is now located in nearby waukesha wisconsin . the company s magazine titles include american snowmobiler art jewelry astronomy bead & button bead style classic toy trains magazine classic trains magazine discover drone 360 fine scale modeler magazine garden railways model railroader its first periodical model retailer scale auto trains its second periodical this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . the company also produces some annual publications . in addition it publishes numerous books including the tourist trains guidebook . an illustrated compendium of more than 450 tourist railroads dinner trains and rail museums in the u.s. and canada the 300 page guidebook s 2009 edition provides reviews by trains magazine staff and contributors . 2 it was the original publisher of jim scribbins the hiawatha story in 1970 . gerald b. boettcher the company s president retired in june 2012 . 3 charles r. croft became the new president . 4 in 2016 kalmbach acquired rather dashing games a board game company based near lexington kentucky . 5 see also edit books portal companies portal journalism portal wisconsin portal list of english language book publishing companies references edit kalmbach publishing . charles r. croft named president . wrinn jim ed . 2009 . tourist trains guidebook . waukesha wisconsin kalmbach publishing . p. 6 . isbn 978 0 87116 273 1 . trains kalmbach publishing . vol . 70 no. 1 . january 2010 . kalmbach publishing . charles r. croft named president . kalmbach expands reach with acquisition of rather dashing games . external links edit official website v t e kalmbach publishing co. american snowmobiler art jewelry astronomy bead & button beadstyle cabin life classic toy trains classic trains discover fine scale modeler garden railways model railroader model retailer scale auto trains this wisconsin related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kalmbach publishing & oldid 726641738 categories 1934 establishments in wisconsinbook publishing companies of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinmagazine publishing companies of the united statesornithological publishing companiespublishing companies established in 1934rail transport publishing companieswaukesha wisconsinwisconsin stubsunited states publishing company stubshidden categories incomplete lists from november 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 12 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view