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Magazine: Classic Toy Trains
Lionel’s 3666 Minuteman–and cannon–boxcar
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
New products for September 2014
SWOON FOR MAROON: Lehigh Valley F3s return to the MTH Premier line with the no. 20-20401 F3 A-B-A set. The O gauge outfit features can-style motors, coil couplers, directional lighting, a smoke unit, and ProtoSound 3.0. The set will operate on O-31 curves. The current MTH catalog also lists the nos. 20402-1 Great Northern, 20403-1 […]
Atlas O gauge Burlington F3 diesel
Price: no. 1640 powered A unit (two road numbers) $499.95, unpowered B units (two road numbers) $219.95 Features: O-36 operation (A unit), O-45 operation (B unit); two can-style motors; Lionel TrainMaster and RailSounds; speed control; coil coupler; smoke unit Current-production road names: Burlington Route, Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, Jersey Central, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and Union […]
MTH locomotive comparison
O gauge Premier line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 20-20273 powered: $459.95, unpowered $269.95 Features: See review. O gauge RailKing line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 30-20136-1 powered: $329.95 Features: See review. Current Premier and RailKing line Heritage road names (SD70ACe): Erie, Illinois Terminal, Jersey Central, Lackawanna, New York Central, Penn Central, Reading, […]
The wreck of NP 10
Name: Janis Roguskie Railroad Name: Reading Lines Location: Pennsylvania Scale: Lionel O Gauge Theme: Reading Railroad in Pennsylvania Description: Where there’s trains, there’ll be wrecks. I had a derailment while getting a tonnage train underway. Never one to waste an opportunity, I decided to exploit the play value of the derailment. All I need now […]
Classic Toy Trains, May 2014
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How to add Lionel’s TMCC and RailSounds to an old streamliner
Robert Rello In the July 2014 issue, Robert Rello upgrades a Williams brass locomotive. Learn how to add Lionel’s TMCC and RailSounds in this companion article download. […]
New products for July 2014
HERITAGE IN TWO SIZES: MTH Electric Trains’ salute to the Norfolk Southern Heritage paint schemes is well under way, with examples of several road names available in both the RailKing and Premier product lines. Shown on the left is the no. 30-20136-1 RailKing Illinois Terminal SD70ACe. On the right is the no. 20-20273-1 Premier Wabash […]
Lionel LionChief Plus Canadian Pacific 4 6 2 Pacific steam
The LionChief Plus Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific steamer is a traditionally sized locomotive with a body style familiar to most O gaugers. The resemblance to a postwar classic is purely cosmetic, however, because this version has a full suite of modern operational features and the added flexibility of being able to operate in command or […]
MTH Premier line GP40 locomotive
When I was growing up, the face of the Florida East Coast Ry. was pretty much F units and rusty-around-the-louver GP7s and 9s. Then one momentous day I was at a grade crossing (probably going home from Ernie’s Hobby Shop in Melbourne, Fla.) and it happened: Wham! It was an FEC GP40 blazing down the […]
Kevin’s “Polar Express” North Pole Christmas layout
My first adventure in to O gauge toy trains. Around Christmas I bought a Lionel Polar Express set with a loop of track to put under the Christmas tree. It soon gave me the O gauge bug and I bought additional track, ceramic and porcelain buildings, and figures to make a complete small “North Pole” […]
