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Winter 2024

The Winter 2024 issue of Classic Toy Trains

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In this Issue

Christmas never ends on this O gauge layout

Vern and Susan Liljenquist built a permanent holiday display

Lionel celebrates its anniversaries

A great train set aft er small mementos

My greatest find: Shopping for Christmas at Joe, the Motorists' Friend

Memories of a retailer and a special Lionel set

Lionel set sparks memories at Christmas

A train from 1950 recalls a loving grandfather

No more overlooking Lionel's No. D40 display

Perhaps the greatest of its kind

Kansas City and its O gauge masterpiece

A great layout for Union Station Kansas City

Toy train layouts you can visit

See some of the hobby’s finest displays

Madison marketing 101

Special Lionel models created by that famous retailer

Weekend workshop: Rehab a Lionel No. 38 Operating Water Tower

Get your tower pumping again

Flyer familiarity breeds content

Rocky and Suzanne McAlister stick with tradition

Locomotives we love: Lionel's No. 41 Switcher

An engine from childhood still holds a place of honor

Also in this issue:

EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4

YOUR LETTERS, pg. 6

YOUR PHOTOS, pg. 8

NEWS & REVIEWS, pg. 13

  • Lionel Base3, MTH FP45, Atlas GP38-2, LCCA boxcar, and more

COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS, pg. 17

  • Wyandotte Toys windup train set

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, pg. 66

  • Lionel F3s won’t run; 022 switches are sluggish, and more

AD INDEX, pg. 65

TIPS & TRICKS, pg. 74

  • Create Christmas flatcar loads