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Classic Toy Trains Magazine Back Issues May 2000

May 2000

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 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

AWAKENING A LIONEL HUDSON

After years on a shelf, a new-condition locomotive still needs a top-to-bottom tune-up before hitting the tracks.

SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS COLLECTION

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

Bob Jacobson embodies the best of postwar Lionel collecting.

NO TURNOUT LAYOUT

By Peter Corrigan

No switches are no problem for this charming five-track O gauge layout.

Q&A WITH K-LINE’S NICK LADD

By Bob Keller

CTT chats with K-Line’s vice president of sales about his company’s past, present, and future.

HORNBY’S USA-MADE TRAINS

By Lewis Schneider

Expand your collection wihtt these neat prewar O gauge trains.

AMERICAN FLYER’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS

By Noel McGaughey

Flyer’s earliest S gauge passenger cars mirrored the company’s postwar developments.

KEEPING A MUSEUM’S TRAINS ON TRACK

By Donald Drew

Tips to keep an immaculate museum layout in top operating condition have home-layout applications as well.

LIONEL’S TOP 10: NON-DERAILING SWITCHES

By Bob Keller

At no. 6 in our reader survey of Lionel’s top developments of the past 100 years is the non-derailing switch.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

News & Notes

Point of View

Product News

Williams Alco FAs; RailKing Hell Gate Bridge; new catalogs from K-Line, Lionel, and MTH

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

MTH Premier line Baldwin Centipede and Lionel UP Big Boy

Weaver Alco RS-11/RSD-12

QS-3000 sound system upgrade

Events

Ad Index

Collectible Classics

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