Magazine Issue

February 2005

Issue Cover
 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.
Features
AN O GAUGE LAYOUT GOING PLACES
Dale Berger's sprawling three-rail layout is big on scenes and scenery.
Roger Carp
BUILD LIONEL'S 'HIDDEN CORNER'
How to re-create a key part of Lionel's postwar New York showroom layout on your own pike.
Stan Trzoniec
2004 STORY INDEX
Last year's stories, reviews, and more all categorized for quick reference.
Jim Riccioli
FROM MODEL BUILDER TO MTH
Here's a 9- by 12-foot prewar track plan rebuilt using MTH's RealTrax.
E.A. Engebretson
MODERN-ERA LIONEL TRAIN MASTERS
Six of these "monsters of the midway" wore accurate railroad paint schemes.
Mike Potts
FIX BROKEN LOCOMOTIVE TETHERS
How to diagnose and repair cables connecting high-tech locomotives to tenders.
Dick Teal
PLASTICVILLE IN LIONEL BOXES
The orange-and-blue box is the key to these specialized postwar collectibles.
Joe Algozzini and Roger Carp
READY-TO-RUN PREWAR LAYOUT
John Potter doesn't hesitate to operate his prewar O gauge and Standard gauge treasures.
Roger Carp
BUILD A HOPPER UNLOADER
A ramp and mechanical shovel can create a no-space industry on your layout.
J. Wayne Beachy
Departments
Editor's Desk
Correspondence
Photo album
News & Notes
Product News
K-Line O gauge $49 Geep, Ace Trains O gauge Mallard steamer, Scenic Express sidewalk and streets, K-Line O gauge banana reefer, Town & Country Hobbies O gauge figures
Questions & Answers
Events
Ad Index
Collectible Classics