Classic Toy Trains

CLASSIC TOY TRAINS BRINGS YOU O AND S GAUGE FOR THE OPERATOR AND COLLECTOR. SEE THE NEWEST TRAINS FROM LIONEL, MTH, ATLAS O AND OTHERS; LEARN ABOUT TRACK PLANNING, WIRING AND LAYOUT CONSTRUCTION; IDENTIFY AND REPAIR OLD LIONEL AND AMERICAN FLYER TRAINS; AND VISIT THE MOST INSPIRING TOY TRAIN LAYOUTS EVER BUILT.

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Marx’s No. 1950 GAEX boxcar • Attractive O gauge model that beat Lionel to the punch

Empire in a spare room • DON WINSLOW SHARES SPACE FOR HIS GREAT O GAUGE LAYOUT

Make your own Missile Launcher and Carrier Car • An easy way to convert a Marx or Flyer flatcar

Easy ways to add details • HOW TO ADD FIGURES AND LEVEL UP YOUR LAYOUT

Building a temporary ceiling layout • A HOLIDAY DISPLAY THAT REQUIRES NO POWER TOOLS FOR INSTALLATION

Buyer’s guide to structures • A VARIETY OF MANUFACTURERS IN O AND S GAUGE

Flyer layout built with cooperation • LISTENING TO OTHERS GUIDED KEN BALDWIN

Lionel’s overlooked 6464-565 New Haven Boxcar • SOLVING A 50-YEAR OLD PUZZLE

John LaLima covers every postwar base • EAST COAST TRAIN PARTS & COLLECTIBLES CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF SUCCESS

Add a passenger platform to your layout • This easy project uses Plasticville components

If it’s too good to be true, it still may be true! • A GREATEST FIND OF A LIONEL PREWAR SET

Q&A • SMITTY’S MECHANISM STOPPED FUNCTIONING

Locomotives we love • This 1952 engine features illuminated smoke and much more

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Lionel’s Sandy Andy • THIS 1970S ACCESSORY WAS A FUN PRODUCT OF ITS TIME

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