May 2013

May 2013

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

EASY SCENERY UPDATES

By Kent Johnson , Bob Keller

Five simple scenery enhancements you can add to any layout.

INSIDE LIONEL’S INNOVATIVE O GAUGE AMTRAK ACELA

By Matt Troester

An exploded view shows what makes this modern marvel rock and roll.

A LIONEL FASTRACK MODULAR O GAUGE RAILROAD THAT TRAVELS

By Michael Tylick

An 11 x 11-foot plan featuring Lionel Collectors Club of America modules.

STEAMING THROUGH TIME ON NEAL SCHORR’S REALISTIC LAYOUT

By Neal Schorr

The Middle Division of the mighty Pennsylvania RR comes to life on a richly detailed O gauge railroad.

TUNE LIONEL MOTORIZED UNITS

By Peter H. Riddle

It’s easy to care for your postwar and modern-era motorized units.

INVESTIGATING LIONEL’S PREWAR STEAM WORKHORSES

By Joe Algozzini , Dick Christianson

Learn how the Lionel prewar nos. 224 and 1666 2-6-2 steam locomotives evolved between 1938 and ’42.

INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION TO S GAUGE MODELING

By Roger Carp

Rod Price, a longtime American Flyer enthusiast, happily shares his impressive 13 x 21-foot layout with a new generation of toy train fans.

JACK MASON: 40 YEARS SELLING FOR LIONEL, GILBERT, AND OTHERS

By Roger Carp

Starting in the 1950s, Jack Mason enjoyed a long and eventful career in toy sales, including work for both Lionel and A.C. Gilbert.

Departments

Editor’s Desk

TRAINS NEW AND OLD

Letters

Photo Album

News

Questions & Answers

Collectible Classics

Lionel’s no. 440N signal bridge

Views from the Underground

Reviews

O GAUGE GP30 FROM WILLIAMS BY BACHMANN

O GAUGE SWISS CROCODILE BY MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS

ZW-L 620-WATT TRANSFORMER BY LIONEL

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