March 2005

March 2005

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’S BIG POSTWAR HUDSONS

By Len Carparelli

Everything you need to know about these two no. 773 Hudson steam locomotives.

BUILD ROCK SCENERY FROM CEILING TILES

By Jim Riccioli

11 simple steps to make rock walls for your layout.

AMERICAN FLYER WHISTLING BILLBOARDS

By Ted Hamler

How to identify the A.C. Gilbert Co.’s clever whistling billboards.

HOW TO REPAIR WHISTLING BILLBOARDS

By John Heck

Repair tips and an exploded drawing to keep your American Flyer billboard in tune.

DEPARTMENT 56 MEETS 42ND STREET

By Roger Carp

Eliot Weisman’s 24- by 33-foot O gauge layout.

STALLING ON SWITCHES

By Dick Teal

Three troubleshooting tips for locomotives that lose power on track switches.

‘BEEPS’ THAT WON’T STALL

By Benjamin Nigro

How to stretch the electrical reach of the diminutive “Beep” locomotive.

10 TIPS TO MAKE A BETTER LAYOUT

By John Grams

Good advice for all toy train layouts, new and old.

MOVING BEYOND GREEN PAINT

By John Souhrada

Lee and Peggy Hodgson’s 16- by-32-foot walk-in layout.

BRIDGING THE GAP

By Arthur O’Connor

An O gauge track plan that features a narrow bridge connecting two lobes.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo album

News & Notes

Product News

Atlas O GP60 diesel, Lionel FasTrack operating track gang, Z-Stuff for Trains crossing gates, Santana’s Miniatures “bubble cars,” MTH Alco FA diesel, AM Hobbies special-run Lackawanna switcher, K-Line Coke machine

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

K-Line two-truck Shay

K-Line GP7

MTH Premier line Norfolk & Western J-class 4-8-4

Lionel American Flyer Baldwin diesel

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