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February 2016

February 2016

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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.

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Features

Don’t mess with Texas

By Roger Farkash , Roger Carp

This O gauge layout showcases the Lone Star State’s rugged landscape.

Add a compact town

By Neal Schorr

Turn an unused corner of your layout into a great urban scene.

Super O layout built with modern techniques

By Roger Carp

Mark Wisniewski used postwar Lionel track and contemporary materials to create a spectacular railroad.

Lionel sets for 1946

By Joe Algozzini , Roger Carp

The postwar era opened with promise and innovation.

In search of steam

By Ray Stuber

O gauge models, and clever photography, recall the glory days of New York Central steam power.

American Flyer loved Great Northern’s Rocky mascot

By Roger Carp

Colorful and collectible S gauge Great Northern boxcars.

Hidden in plain sight, a photo holds a clue to Lionel’s plans

By Roger Carp

An image taken in Lionel’s showroom reveals the train maker’s plans to return to television in 1952.

Gas and go animation with a smart detector

By Robert H. Walker

Upgrade an animated K-Line O gauge refueling station with a realistic three-step effect cycle.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

Letters

Photo Album

News

Lionel announces an O gauge Vision Line GG1, Menards releases a power station, and a Fairbanks-Morse H19-44 switcher from MTH.

Questions & Answers

Collectible Classics

American Flyer’s no. 789 station and baggage smasher.

Views from the Underground

Weekend Workshop

Reviews

O gauge 4-6-2 Pacific from Williams by Bachmann, plus a look at Menards rolling stock.

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

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