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December 2014 | ModelRailroader.com
By Tony Koester | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
December 2014
By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
In the pages of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine you’ll find information about building, operating, and enhancing toy train layouts; track plans, repair and maintenance tips, profiles of collectible postwar and prewar trains, and more.
Features
An O gauge display creates magical Christmas memories
A Classic Toy Trains plan inspired the O gauge Polar Mountain & Warren
Rediscover a wonderful look at American Flyer trains
Arthur Getz put S gauge beauties on a 1955 New Yorker magazine cover
This flexible layout can be changed in a day
Robert Cone built a unique three-rail empire of almost infinite variety
Windows to yesterday
Recalling the great years when trains filled store windows at Christmas
Simple gifts spark lifelong love for Lionel trainsIssue Item
Two Classic Toy Trains readers received similar O gauge outfits while growing up in New Jersey
Prewar gems highlighted a legendary train collection
In the early days of CTT, Mel Nicholas generously shared his very finest trains
Finding happiness in building a playground for O gauge trains
The way Bill DiMenna sees it, there’s nothing better than letting a layout provide amusement
The O gauge Appalachian Central provides plenty of action in 8 x 12 feet
An S gauger revisits Flyer’s scale model line for 1964
Remembering the end of the line for Gilbert’s “scale model line.”
Departments
Editor’s Desk
Letters
Photo Album
News
Questions & Answers
Collectible Classics
Lionel’s no 6826 flatcar with Christmas trees
Views from the Underground
Weekend Workshop
Reviews
Tips, Tools, & Techniques
December 2014
By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
Garden Railways has been the leading magazine devoted to the hobby of outdoor, large-scale model railroading for more than 30 years. Each issue brings you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of garden railroads, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts, and much more!
Plus, subscribers get exclusive online access to the Railroad Gardening Library, product reviews, project plans, bonus articles, and more. Whether you’re new to the hobby or a seasoned veteran, this magazine is for you!
Features
Staff corner: Vance Bass
Fitting out a new coach
Scratchbuilding an impressive bank
This structure was built of plastic and wedding-cake decorations
Basic diesel detailing in 1:29 scale
Small changes bring your locomotives to life: Part 1
A garden railroad for my golden years
A raised line solves many problems
Departments
From the Editor
Guest editorial
Letters
Garden railway basics
Tunnels: Part 1
Product reviews
One-page project
Build a spike-bending tool
