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December 2008 | ModelRailroader.com
By Tony Koester | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
December 2008
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 4 x 8 Cascade & Timber Trail
Follow along as we start a new project railroad.
ONLINE EXTRA: Streaming video of the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.
Building a childhood dream layout
A 1957 Lionel catalog illustration inspired Steve Garofalo to recreate a classic postwar railroad.
Make a working drive-in theater
Play real movies on this eye-catching layout addition.
Visit the layout of Richard Kughn, the man who revived Lionel
The man who revitalized Lionel has a 20 x 24-foot layout that falls somewhere between toy and hi-rail.
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Two previously published Carail layout stories
Trains that deliver holiday joy
Two friends keep an O gauge holiday display tradition alive in their hometown.
Easy O gauge vehicle accents
Step-by-step improvements for your fleet of vehicles.
Build a Main Street layout scene
Add balconies to buildings for a unique urban scene.
Four Lionel postwar store displays highlight a great collection
Mark Stephens collects postwar Lionel – with a difference. He seeks out rare store layouts.
Collectible Classics: American Flyer’s no. 5007A Santa Fe set
This great postwar set combines colorful diesels with both freight and passenger cars.
Departments
Editor’s Desk
Correspondence
Photo Album
News
Williams by Bachmann releases Baldwin cab units in a new scheme, 3rd Rail offers a Burlington 2-10-4, and Lionel’s factory is the subject of a new book
Questions & Answers
Views From The Underground
Tips, Tools, & Techniques
Reviews
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: EMD BL2 diesel by Williams by Bachmann
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 by MTH Electric Trains
Events
Ad Index
