February 2002

February 2002

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

A CLASSIC COMBINATION

By Michael Connor

Father and son Asa and Doug Knowles both collect and operate prewar trains.

SOLDER LIKE A PRO

By Myles Marcovitch

Everything you need to know about soldering electrical connections on your layout.

MADE THE MODERN WAY

By Dick Teal

Contemporary equipment rides on an 11- by 21-foot MTH RealTrax layout.

ON THE MOVE

Spend a day on an O-27 layout that moves from home to home.

OPERATING A COLLECTION

By Tom Pugliese

These O gauge trains regularly move from the walls to the layout.

DANGEROUS FLYER

Near-collisions are part of the nature of an S gauge layout built on an attic floor.

REPAIR A POSTWAR OIL DERRICK

By Ray L. Plummer

The Lionel no. 455 oil derrick has a number of parts that can work themselves out of adjustment.

HEADS UP WARNING LIGHTS

By Ray L. Plummer

A simple solution to detect trains on blind sidings.

LAYOUT LOOK-BACK

By Jim Riccioli

Memorable layouts from CTT’s past by Clarke Dunham and Doug DuBay, Bob May, and John Scully and Naim Shah.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

News & Notes

Point of View

Product News

Weaver 4-8-4 steamer, K-Line 0-6-0 switcher, S gauge boxcars, ETS 2-4-4-0 steamer

Questions & Answers

Talkin’ Toy Trains

Product Reviews

Atlas O GE Dash 8-40B diesel

MTH Premier line FT A-B-A diesel set

MTH RailKing starter sets

GG1 electric for K-Line Collectors Club

Lionel operating water tower

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