May 2006

May 2006

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

WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND

By Roger Carp

Peter Miville’s O gauge layout salutes the scenery and urban brickwork of New England.

MOTORIZE A RAIL ZEPPELIN

By Philip K. Denslow

How to add a chassis and an electric motor to this windup tinplate rail car.

MERGE BANK BUILDINGS INTO A GRAND STATION

By Richard van de Kieft

Linking a pair of MTH bank structures forms an impressive O gauge passenger terminal.

80 YEARS IN THE MAKING

By Richard R. Hopkins Jr.

Visit the O gauge Hopkinsville Junction Railroad, influenced by four generations of one family.

VIBRATION MOTOR REPAIR TIPS

By Ray L. Plummer

How to service these simple motors found in Lionel operating cars and accessories.

SMALL AND SENSIBLE LAYOUT

By Kent Johnson

This 5-by-9-foot O gauge track plan abides by seven rules of layout planning.

LIONEL’S EARLY POSTWAR BOXCARS

By Robert Swanson , Roger Carp

The plastic-shelled nos. X2454, X4454, X6454 boxcars were produced in 14 different versions between 1946 and ’52.

HOW TO ‘LOCK OUT’ TRAIN COLLISIONS

By Kennard T. Wing

Tower-control wiring keeps trains from crashing at track crossings.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo Album

News

Lionel to market K-Line products, Lionel Acela set, S-Helper Service 2-8-0 steamer, MTH 4-4-0 streamer, new Lionel catalog

Questions & Answers

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

Reviews

Williams O gauge postwar-style no. 2056 4-6-4 Hudson

Ready Made Toys O gauge Rail Diesel Car

MTH Premier line O gauge New Haven EP-3 electric

Weaver O gauge brass tower

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