Winter 2023
The Winter 2023 issue of Classic Toy Trains
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Featured
In this Issue
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This elegant yet dull cab unit lasted only one year.
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“Neat” and beautifully detailed scenes are everywhere.
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Only the famous Lionel retailer sold a body shell painted gold.
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Greg Hurd set his S gauge layout high in Colorado.
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Restored D-147 display layout still delights visitors.
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Getting everything right on a small Christmas layout.
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A Lionel O-27 freight remains the finest gift.
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Lionel finally expanded its freight car roster in 1948.
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Pumping new blood into S gauge modeling in the 1980s and ’90s.
Also in this issue:
EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4
LETTERS, pg. 6
VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 8
PHOTO ALBUM, pg. 10
NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 14
LCCA custom cars, Menards products, RMT ore car, and more
MODERN ERA NOTES, pg. 20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, pg. 22
S GAUGE NOW AND THEN, pg. 26
WEEKEND WORKSHOP, pg. 52
Upgrade your tower lights
REVIEWS, pg. 58
Lionel P42 engine, Lionel E8/E9 A-A set
AD INDEX, pg. 65
LOCOMOTIVES WE LOVE, pg. 66
Lionel modern-era Santa Fe Alco diesel