February 1999

February 1999

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.

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Features

CTT VISITS LIONEL: LEADING THE LEGEND

By Bob Keller

Gary Moreau, Lionel’s chief executive officer, discusses the trainmaker’s past, present, and future.

IVE’S CANDIDATE SPECIAL

By Fred Heiman

This Standard gauge prototype, made just before Ives closes its doors, raises the question “What if?”

TINPLATE PROTOTYPE: THE GM SWITCHER

This humble hauler helped dieselize freight yards – and basement empires.

THE ELUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE FLYER WHITE’S SETS

By Ted Hamler

The mystery surrounding these scarce uncataloged American Flyer collectibles has been solved.

REVIVING A PREWAR LIONEL BRIDGE

By Carl Swanson

Intimidated by restoration? This project is quick and simple.

BIG AS LIFE WITH AMERICAN FLYER

By Scott Moller

The realism of American Flyer shines on Scott Moller’s bedroom-sized pike.

HAPPY MEDIUM WITH LIONEL

By Richard Magnussen

Scale scenery and Lionel trains blend together just right on Richard Magnussen’s layout.

A LITTLE WORLD OF FUN

By Craig Willard

Who says you can’t put a Lionel lift bridge on a layout the size of a Ping-Pong table?

MAKING THE JUMP FROM O TO S

By Roger Carp

Banning Repplier used what he learned in his years at Lionel to design catalogs for American Flyer’s finest.

A GRAND PRIZE DISPLAY LAYOUT

By Dale Schafer

The D-265 factory layout of 1959 is a real prize, and that’s how Lionel used the layout, too.

DISPLAY LAYOUT TRACK PLAN

Here’s how to build your own Lionel D-265 tabletop layout.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Point of View

News & Notes

Product News

MTH doodlebug, K-Line Hudson and Coca-Cola handcar, S-Helper F units

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

Atlas O diesel switcher

MTH RailKing Amtrak Genesis set

Weaver Santa Fe Valley Flyer 4-6-2 Pacific

Mainline Industries 600-watt AC transformer

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