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December 2007 | ModelRailroader.com
By Paul J. Dolkos | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
December 2007
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
BUILD THE O GAUGE SANDY HARBOR
Making the benchwork for a 12 x 14-foot layout.
NEW ENGLAND IN A ROOM
This 12 x 12-foot O gauge track plan features brilliant fall foliage.
VISIT A MALL WHERE TRAINS ARE STARS
A Florida mall has discovered the crowd-pleasing magic of a holiday O gauge train layout.
ONLINE EXTRA: Cal-State Railroad Museum O and Standard gauge layout
LANDSCAPE OF MEMORIES
Bill Hildebrand’s 17 x 22-foot O gauge layout recalls the mighty Erie-Lackawanna.
ONLINE EXTRA: Build an O gauge Hoboken Terminal
GUIDE TO COLLECTING MODERN ORE CARS
Lionel, MTH, and others have all produced models of this distinctive short-wheelbase car.
BUILD A CHRISTMAS DISPLAY LAYOUT
Start a toy train tradition with this holiday layout.
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY: Christmas toy train track plan
MAKE AN OPERATING HELICOPTER CAR
Take your layout to new heights with an inexpensive radio-controlled copter.
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Air Hogs R/C operating helicopter video
OPERATE LIONEL AND MTH COMMAND CONTROL ON THE SAME LAYOUT
Simple wiring tames incompatible systems.
COMMON TRAINS, RARELY CATALOGED
Why some common Lionel prewar trains never appeared in the company catalog.
Departments
Editor’s Desk
Correspondence
Photo Album
News
Atlas O unveils an Alco RS-3 in its Trainman line, and MTH Electric Trains releases an SD70ACe in Union Pacific’s Rio Grande heritage scheme
Questions & Answers
Tips, Tools, & Techniques
Supply List
Views From The Underground
Reviews
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: S-Helper Service S gauge diesel starter set
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: MTH RailKing O gauge steam starter set
Events
Ad Index
Collectible Classics
