Featured
In this Issue
This elegant yet dull cab unit lasted only one year.
“Neat” and beautifully detailed scenes are everywhere.
Only the famous Lionel retailer sold a body shell painted gold.
Greg Hurd set his S gauge layout high in Colorado.
Restored D-147 display layout still delights visitors.
Getting everything right on a small Christmas layout.
A Lionel O-27 freight remains the finest gift.
Lionel finally expanded its freight car roster in 1948.
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
