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Magazine: Classic Toy Trains
Atlas O Trainman line O gauge GP15 set
DURING THE FRANTIC hours of setting up the CLASSIC TOY TRAINS’ booth at the TCA Eastern Division’s semi-annual York, Pa., train meet, I was speeding past the Atlas O booth. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned so fast I almost got whiplash. I saw a box. A big box. […]
Lionel O gauge TMCC crane and boom car
BATMAN AND ROBIN, Minneapolis and St. Paul, peanut butter and jelly take notice. There’s a new inseparable pair now available from Lionel. Not since the release of Lionel’s culvert loader and unloader has there been two separate-sale accessories as well suited for each other as the Lionel no. 29832 command-controlled crane car and the no. […]
MTH Premier line O gauge A5-class switcher
THE DIMINUTIVE A5-class 0-4-0 switcher will never be first in line when thinking about the stellar locomotives of the great Pennsylvania Railroad. But from the look of this steamer, its lineage to the Standard Railroad of the World is plainly evident. It has closely positioned domes, a Belpaire firebox, a headlight square above the number […]
Classic Toy Trains 2006 annual index
We have compiled this annual index as a service to our readers. It contains all of the articles, departments, and subject categories of the calendar year. Most feature material has been indexed three or more times: by the title which it was published; under the author’s last name; and by subject. Click on the link […]
Classic Toy Trains, December 2006
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Atlas O O gauge Alco C-628
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT of the Century-628 diesel in 1963, Alco hoped to secure the number two spot in the three-way race among locomotive builders. The firm, based in Schenectady, N.Y., conceded supremacy to Electro-Motive but hoped to vanquish General Electric. Of course, Alco didn’t secure anything, but the 180 C-628s the factory cranked out were […]
Bowser-powered Birney car
BRITISH HOBBY MANUFACTURER Corgi makes an exceptionally nice single-truck trolley car. The die-cast shell is well detailed, and the plastic interior is first rate. The car even sits neatly on O gauge track. The only downside is that it doesn’t do anything. No electric motor or drive mechanism. The trolley doesn’t move, unless you push […]
Lionel O gauge SD40T-2 diesel
AS THE SAYING GOES, necessity is the mother of invention. As proof, we give you the SD40T-2. The diesel locomotive, nicknamed the “tunnel motor,” was born out of a specific need among western railroads. Air problems in mountain tunnels and long snowsheds are not new. The lack of fresh, cool air plagued locomotive crews in […]
Ready Made Toys O-27 caboose
I HAVE A VISION of Walter Matuch, the owner of Ready Made Toys, dashing around the country in search of some lost or forgotten toy train tooling. On discovering something, he holds it up to the light and asks, “How can I improve this?” The RMT O-27 gauge caboose is one of those items that […]
Classic Toy Trains, November 2006
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Dremel no. 1100 Stylus rotary tool
MOST OF US own big, all-purpose power tools: electric drills, circular saws, and pad sanders. We use them to make picnic tables, hang pictures in our living rooms, and build wall shelves above washing machines. But there’s another category of power tools – smaller and more specialized than those in your garage – that are […]
