October 2004

October 2004

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

LIONEL FOR 1956

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

The last perfect year for the giant of postwar toy trains.

OLD-FASHIONED FLYER LAYOUT

By Roger Carp

Nick and Tom Mescher built their S gauge railroad just as the A.C. Gilbert Co. would have.

10-STEP CONTROL PANEL

By Peter H. Riddle

How to build an attractive and efficient control panel for your toy train layout.

HORSESHOE CURVE IN O AND S GAUGES

By Roger Carp

Don Williams’ layout vividly models Pennsylvania’s hottest train spot.

TEST OF 9 TYPES OF TRACK

By Phillip Hays

Rating metal rails for traction and electrical resistance.

HI-RAIL IN A ROOM

By Dennis Waldeck

An O gauge track plan for the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad in 12 by 16 feet.

BUILD A WORKING POWER STATION

By Norm Brainard

How a stationary steam engine powered by air puts on a pleasing show.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo Album

News & Notes

Product News

MTH 0-8-8-0, K-Line S gauge caboose, smoke pellets, Lionel sawmill, Lionel Berkshire, MTH bobber caboose

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

MTH RailKing F3 diesel set, Lionel 4-6-0 Camelback, K-Line 2-8-4 Berkshire, two American Flyer stations, Ace Trains tank cars, S-Helper Service F7 diesel

MTH RailKing Union Pacific F3 A-B-A set

Lionel Cambelback 4-6-0 ten-wheeler

Lionel American Flyer no. 755 station and no. 789 baggage smasher

Ace Trains British tank wagons

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