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Classic Toy Trains Magazine Back Issues September 2006

September 2006

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

COAL COUNTRY LAYOUT

By Roger Carp

Return to western Pennsylvania, circa 1948, on Bill Loop’s O and S gauge layout.

HUMUNGOUS HELL GATE BRIDGE

By Gerald Anderson , Michael Sadowski

The Milwaukee Lionel club builds a 28-foot-long model of the famous New York City bridge.

ONLINE EXTRA: The Milwaukee Lionel Club’s O gauge layout

BUILD A DVD DRIVE-IN THEATER

By Philip Whitmoyer

How to make a 1950s theater on your layout using 21st century technology.

CENTRAL CITY RAILROAD

By E.A. Engebretson , Kent Johnson

This 8- by 16-foot O gauge plan grows tall to avert urban sprawl.

LIONEL TRAINS FOR 1958

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

Lionel’s space-age strategy for Super O and O-27 trains didn’t reverse a sales slide.

LAYOUT WIRING LESSONS

By Don Woodwell

Tools and techniques to bring reliable power to your trains.

SMALL TOWN; BIG RAILROADS

By Dennis Stalzer , Danielle Stalzer

The Pennsylvania, Milwaukee Road, and more are all regular visitors to this compact O gauge layout.

THIS LAYOUT IS A HIT WITH THE MOB

By Bob Keller

New Jersey’s Train Station hobby shop builds an O gauge layout for The Sopranos television show.

MAKE A SPRING-LOADED SWITCH

By Peter H. Riddle

How to construct an economical alternative to powered switch machines.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo Album

News

Shorty F-unit diesels from Ready Made Toys, new owners for Marklin company, MTH coal turbine

Questions & Answers

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

Supply List

Wiring Diagrams

Reviews

S-Helper Service 2-8-0 Consolidation

Atlas O Trainman RSD-4/5

MTH no. 263E reproduction

Toy Train Restoration Parts tools and parts

Events

Ad Index

Collectible Classics

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