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Classic Toy Trains Magazine Back Issues September 2008

September 2008

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

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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’s finest postwar diesels

By Keith Beyer

These three classics are too good to sit on a shelf!

O gauge memories of famous trains

By Roger Carp

America’s best-known passenger trains are the stars of Carl Ullrich’s well-detailed 12 x 40-foot layout.

The Anonymous & Northern

By Dave Deinard

This 12 x 16-foot O gauge track plan won first place in our contest.

Run short engines on long switches

By Peter H. Riddle

Have a small O gauge locomotive that hates long switches? Here’s how to fix it fast.

Wire a track-activated signal

By Allan Burroughs

Two simple ways to wire a classic highway crossing signal using track lockons.

Basics of LED lighting

By Bob Nelson

Unlock dazzling layout lighting effects using bright, colorful, light-emitting diodes.

Perfect mix on a Flyer layout

By Roger Carp

Gary Ellman’s 25 x 36-foot American Flyer layout blends trains, scenery, and accessories.

A modern set with enduring appeal

By Mark Suek

The Lionel no. 1587 Capitol Limited set of 1975 opened the door to more realistic O gauge trains.

Extend a no. 350 transfer table

By Joseph B. Besiak

Make a longer Lionel postwar transfer table for your motive-power fleet.

Early Lionel aluminum streamliners

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

It’s easy to detect the early production versions of Lionel’s streamlined aluminum passenger cars.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo Album

News

Atlas O releases an MP15DC diesel switcher, Lionel brings back K-Line’s SuperStreets, and MTH offers an O gauge British outline 4-6-2

Questions & Answers

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

Views From The Underground

Reviews

SUBSCRIBER ONLY EXTRA: O gauge Union Pacific FEF3 4-8-4 by Lionel

SUBSCRIBER ONLY EXTRA: O gauge Master line USRA 0-6-0 by Atlas O

SUBSCRIBER ONLY EXTRA: MyStudio 20 Cyclorama by Pro Cyc

Events

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Collectible Classics

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