October 2000

October 2000

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

SPOTTING AN ORIGINAL LIONEL GG1

By Len Carparelli

Stripes are the key to identifying a queen amid court imposters.

MANDY PATINKIN’S LIONEL LAYOUT

By Roger Carp

The celebrity’s O gauge layout is a dream – so why is he disappointed?

REPAIRING FLYER SMOKE UNITS

By Robert Rzasa

Latex gloves provide flexible repair material for postwar smoke bellows.

BAYLINE TRACK PLAN

By John Long

Build your own postwar-style layout with a relay-controlled crossing and a bascule bridge.

LIONEL’S COMPETITORS, PART II

By Roger Carp

Postwar rivals fell, but newer and stronger ones emerged.

STANDARD GAUGE IN A MODEST SPACE

By Donald Goss

You don’t need a three-car garage to enjoy the Cadillacs of toy trains.

“POET LAUREATE OF IVES”

By Charles Dickson

Louis Hertz saved the rhymes of salesman Henry Schnibbe.

BUILD A PLASTICVILLE LIONEL FACTORY

By Richard van de Kieft

A familiar hospital kit can be made factory fresh.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

News & Notes

Point of View

Product News

Marx work train set, Arttista hotdog vendor, S-Helper Service refrigerator cars, K-Line U.S. quarter series cars

Questions & Answers

Product Reviews

USA Trains Large scale F3 A-B units

MTH RailKing Pennsylvania RR S2 Turbine

MTH RailKing EP-5

TrainAmerica Studios high-intensity locomotive lights

Lionel no. 500 hobby shop

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