July 2000

July 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

SUPER-SIZED MTH LAYOUT

By Dick Christianson

“Big” doesn’t begin to describe Tony Lash’s scale-detailed MTH layout.

REPAIR LIONEL’S SWITCH TOWER

By Ray L. Plummer

A perennial favorite is easy to keep in top condition.

MAKE BILLBOARD FRAMES IN A SNAP

Simple to build, these wooden frames make the most of the cardboard billboards printed inside this issue of CTT.

A LIFETIME OF TOY TRAINS

By Larry Nuzzaci

Postwar favorites from Lionel and modern classics from MTH highlight a colored collection.

LIONEL AND FLYER MAGNETIC CRANES

Although developed by rival manufacturers, these two prewar cranes have much in common.

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN’S WEST LINE

By Dennis Waldeck

This clever O gauge track plan focuses on Windy City commuter trains and a huge freight yard.

STANDARD GAUGE FLOOR LAYOUT

By Craig Schukert

Prewar Lionel trains run on, not through, the pines.

BUILD A MARX CIRCUS TRAIN

By J. Wayne Beachy

Marx never made a tinplate circus train, but you can.

LIONEL’S TOP 10: THE SANTA FE F3

By John A. Grams

At no. 5 in our reader survey of Lionel’s top developments is one of the favorite locomotives of all time.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Point of View

News & Notes

Product News

USA Trains large scale F3; Tool Trains flatcar reproductions; custom Weaver boxcars, tank cars, and hoppers; Industrial Rail ore cars and hoppers

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

S-Helper Service SW1 diesel switcher

Lionel SD60 diesel

Burns Electronics no. 241 train detector

MTH RailKing prewar-style no. 260E steam engine

Industrial Rail handcar

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