January 2002

January 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

LIONEL TRAINS OF 1952

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

Postwar O gauge trains came of age half a century ago.

DREAM LAYOUT

By Doreen Giannetti

Visit what could be called the ultimate O gauge toy train layout.

SPECIAL PULL-OUT: TOY TRAIN PAINTING

By Angela Trotta Thomas artwork

There was a Lionel paradise at 15 East 26th Street in New York.

AMERICAN FLYER BY LIONEL

By Paul C. Nelson

The rival names have been on new S gauge trains since 1979.

VICTORY STREAMLINER

By John A. Grams

What was red, white, and blue but never produced?

TREASURES OF THE KUGHN COLLECTION

By Roger Carp

The former owner of Lionel may have the grandest collection of all.

FAST AND FUN CHRISTMAS LAYOUT

By Mike Grandinetti

Holiday layouts don’t have to be complex.

IMPROVE A MODERN GG1

Three changes can make a newer GG1 locomotive run like a postwar champ.

LAYOUT LOOK-BACK

By Jim Riccioli

Layouts from Neil Young, Mike Kolosseus, and Steve Horvath and Bob Sanfilippo are part of our 15th anniversary.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

News & Notes

Point of View

Product News

MTH FT diesels, Town and Country pewter people, K-Line GG1 locomotive, MTH Alaska set

Questions & Answers

Talkin’ Toy Trains

Product Reviews

3rd Rail Erie L1-class 0-8-8-0

MTH Premier line Great Northern R2-class 2-8-8-2

MTH RailKing R21 subway set

Williams reproduction Pennsy S2 turbine

Lionel walkover with speed detector

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