September 2000

September 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

AMERICAN FLYER’S MISSING LINK

By John A. Grams

A.C. Gilbert’s late prewar trains are the link between American Flyer’s O gauge and S gauge eras.

RAILS ‘N’ TAILS FREIGHT CARS

Lionel’s postwar animal-related freight cars span the gap between realism and fantasy.

RON’S POPULOUS LAYOUT

By Carl Swanson

Ron Schlicht has 1,500 residents and counting on his S gauge layout.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TOY TRAIN COLLECTOR

By Roger Carp

Larry House wants collectors to share their love of toy trains – as he does with his prewar collection.

CHALLENGING THE LION, PART 1

By Roger Carp

Toy train manufacturers have challenged Lionel for a century, and among the most colorful were the Lion’s prewar competitors.

HI-RAIL MEETS SCALE

By Larry Kostka

A garage O gauge layout blends the best of both layout genres.

MY ARMY TRAINS

By Robert Kern

Combine an old Marx locomotive and plastic military kits to build your own army train.

LIONEL’S TOP 10: SMOKE UNITS

By John A. Grams

At no. 4 in our reader survey of Lionel’s top innovations is the development of smoking steam locomotives.

DOUBLE YOUR POWER

By Ray L. Plummer

How to wire two postwar locomotives to a single reverse unit.

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Product News

American Models freight cars, Atlas O hoppers, track-cutting jigs, animated woodchopper

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

Lionel FT diesel duo

Ace Trains British 4-4-4 train set

MTH Premier line C&NW E-4 Hudson

Williams Alco FA and EMD BL2

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