November 2019

November 2019

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

Being detail specific

By Stan Trzoniec

Eight different one-afternoon projects add realistic touches

Readers share memories of great childhood trains

Classic Toy Trains readers again look back to the model trains that started them on a lifetime journey

Room to run on a postwar-inspired two-level layout

By John Truckenbrod , Roger Carp

John Truckenbrod shares plans for his action-packed 8 x 10-foot O gauge model railroad

Meet the collector who loves everything about Lionel

By Roger Carp

Tony Battaglia shares amazing trains representing all eras of production

Preparation is the answer

By Roger Carp

Taking the right steps ahead of time guided William Johnson in building his great O gauge layout

Weekend workshop: How to weather a flatcar

By Brian Inch

Banish bad-looking flatcars by adding a work-worn wooden deck

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Letters

Photo Album

News

Questions & Answers

Collectible Classics

Flyer’s no. 714 unloading car

Views from the Underground

Reviews

O gauge Alco S-2 diesel switcher and ALP-46 NJ Transit commuter locomotive from MTH Electric Train

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