Winter 2025

The Winter 2025 issue of Classic Toy Trains

New publication from Classic Toy Trains

Discover Great Layouts You Can Visit!

Building a great Christmas layout

Robert and Diane Zwieg’s holiday display is just one among many

An interview with USA Track

Learn how this manufacturer makes its Standard gauge products in the United States

Memories of Lionel's Track Layout Contest from 1960

Bill Shoffner recalls his prize-winning entry

Lionel's greatest display of the 1940s

Track plan for an imagined L-shaped layout

Versatility of S gauge

Toy and scale blend well on Dave Baule’s layout

FasTrack under the tree

Create a memorable holiday scene using starter set components

Superliner showdown!

Saluting Amtrak’s seminal fleet with a survey of O gauge models

Marx scale stockcars

Pay attention to scarce door variations

Making a two-level passenger station

Memories of the B. Altman & Co. holiday layout inspired this project

Lionel and railroad mergers of the 1960s

No responses until the modern era

Lionel's snow-removing motorized units

Th e Nos. 53 and 58 models make postwar collectors shiver with excitement

EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4

YOUR LETTERS, pg. 5

YOUR PHOTOS, pg. 8

NEWS & REVIEWS, pg. 12

In memoriam: Len Carparelli, new items from Menards, Lionel, MTH, Trainworld, and more

COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS, pg. 23

REVIEWS, pg. 57

Lionel Legacy Light Mountain 4-8-2, MTH Premier SD60E, Lionel Legacy Soo Line No. 1003, Menards Union Station

AD INDEX/ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 65

TIPS & TRICKS, pg. 66