This is a little overview of the book. Should you buy it?? Depends on what you plan on doing with the game. It is laid out like a for Dummies book. There are 304 pages, 11 chapters and an appendix. Chapters: 1, Basic train operating skills. 2-7, The six different routes. 8, The activity editor: Events. 9, The activity editor: Services. 10, The route editor. 11, The geometery extractor. Appendix, Official & unofficial web sites. If the only thing you are going to do is run the routes, you may not want to buy it. If you are going to change things around, it is a must buy.