July 2001

July 2001

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

BIG TRAINS – SMALL ROOM

By Kent Johnson

Visit and O gauge hi-rail layout build in an apartment.

POSTWAR FLATCAR LOADS

By Alan Stewart

A guide to bulldozers and earth scrapers sold with Lionel flatcars.

CLASSIC TRAIN SET: LIONEL’S 411E STATE SET

By John A. Grams

The Brown State set is at the pinnacle of Standard gauge.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY FLYER TRAIN

By Ted Hamler

The 1959 Frontiersman set was the A.C. Gilbert Co.’s promotional centerpiece.

10 TOOLS FOR YOUR WORKBENCH

Want to repair your trains? These tools will help get you started.

CENTERSPREAD: POSTWAR-STYLE BILLBOARDS FOR YOUR LAYOUT

TIP-TOP LARGE SCALE LAYOUT

By Bob Foltz

Robert Woodford’s Western-themed layout goes from floor to ceiling.

TOOL TIME AT LIONEL

By Roger Carp

Quentin Gualtier supervised the tooling department during Lionel’s heyday.

PREWAR X CARS

By Stuart Armstrong

Lionel was forced to change its 1940-42 trains because of war.

BUILD A MOUNTAIN AND TUNNEL

By Roger Carlson

Easy tips for adding a peak to your pike.

MAKE A DELUXE MTH SIGNAL

By Russ Boersma

Add postwar parts to enhance your crossing gate and signal.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Point of View

News & Notes

Product News

K-Line E8 diesels, Lionel RS-11 diesel, CTT apparel, Western Hobbycraft trolley, S-Helper flatcars and loads

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

Williams E7 diesel

3rd Rail Mikado 2-8-2s

MTH RailKing N&W Y6B 2-8-8-2

MRC Sound Station 312

Weaver Pennsy 0-8-0

MTH Standard gauge switches

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