December 2000

December 2000

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

CHRISTMAS TRAIN TIME

By Jim Flynn , Debby Flynn

The Flynn family’s charming holiday layout is the culmination of 25 years’ experience.

TRACK BUYING GUIDE

By Bob Keller

Which track is best for you? These pointers will help you decide.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO COLOR

By Roger Carp

Prewar collectors Jim and Marlene Korb focus their efforts on color.

FLYER FREIGHT CARS: REAL OR FAKE?

By Ted Hamler

Identify highly sought American Flyer cars from their pretenders.

BUILD A FOUR-SEASON LAYOUT

By Vernon Burk

Simplicity and flexibility are the keys to a year-round Christmas tree layout.

PLAY VALUE AT A HOSPITAL

By Bob Lavezzi

An interactive O gauge layout at a N.J. hospital’s day-care center engages young and old alike.

REPAIR LIONEL TRACK SWITCHES

By Robert Sarli

Easy steps to keeping Lionel no. 022 switches on track.

LIONEL’S TOP 10: ZW TRANSFORMER

By John A. Grams

At no. 1 in our reader survey of Lionel’s top innovations is the famed ZW transformer.

Departments

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Correspondence

News & Notes

Point of View

Product News

MTH gold millennium GG1 set, American Models cabooses, 1:43 postal vehicles

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

Lionel and MTH Pennsy Duplex 4-4-4-4s

MTH RailKing Burlington Zephyr streamliner

MTH Premier line Amtrak F59 diesel

K-Line die-cast rolling stock

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