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Classic Toy Trains Magazine Back Issues September 2009

September 2009

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

BUILD A RETRO RAILROAD

By John Grams

The track plan for our new 4 X 8-foot project railroad draws inspiration from traditional Lionel displays.

MAKE YOUR LAYOUT LOOK LARGER

By Dave Jacobs

Amazing visual results are possible when you tie foregrounds and backgrounds together on your railroad using forced perspective.

FAST TRAIN TO THE FUTURE

By Roger Carp

No other layout looks quite like Bob Brewka’s wildly imaginative 21 x 57-foot O and Standard gauge railroad.

CITIZENS OF LIONELVILLE AND PLASTICVILLE UNITE!

By Kent Johnson

Modern trains and iconic structures share space on Rick Bednar’s 20 x 30-foot O gauge garage layout.

PLAN A POINT-TO-POINT LAYOUT

By John Penca

This wall-hugging L-shaped O gauge layout is designed for maximum switching action.

S GAUGE HISTORY IN A CELLAR

By Roger Carp

Collector and operator Don Hasenzahl’s 13 x 27-foot American Flyer layout revives a golden era of toy trains.

MAKE A JUNKYARD SCENE

By David Alvar

Looking for a fun, easy project? Try adding a compact junkyard. You may already have all the parts you need.

LIONEL’S POSTWAR FUN BOOK

By Steven M. Bivens

A booklet issued by Lionel in 1947 stoked kids enthusiasm for toy trains and set the stage for the company’s great postwar trains.

LIONEL SETS FROM 1959

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

An incredible array of outfits from 0-27 to Super O highlighted Lionel’s line for 1959.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Correspondence

Photo Album

News & Notes

News

New Pennsy passenger set from Williams by Bachmann, O gauge bridges announced by TM Books & Video, and Weaver offers a Milwaukee Road 4-6-4

Questions & Answers

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

Reviews

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: O gauge French Railways 4-6-2 from MTH

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Atlas O Phase II GP7

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Postwar style GG1 locomotive by Lionel

Collectible Classics

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