March/April 2022

March/April 2022 Classic Toy Trains cover

Also in this issue: EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4 LETTERS, pg. 6 MODERN ERA NOTES, pg. 8 PHOTO ALBUM, pg. 10 NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 14 New Atlas O catalog, Menards Valley Motors QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, pg. 18 S GAUGE THEN NOW AND THEN, pg. 20 VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 21 WEEKEND WORKSHOP, pg. 48 […]

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Venice Simplon Orient Express journey: two Australian’s adventure

Venice Simplon Orient Express journey: A dining room table in a luxurious rail car.

Join Jess and Stephen (or Stephen and Jess?!) for a full-review experience of the luxury Venice Simplon Orient Express journey by train from Venice, Italy, to London, U.K. The Australian family maintains a travel blog, Flying The Nest, where they detail their globe-trotting experiences, mostly out of a converted van. They’ve traveled throughout North America, […]

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May/June 2022

Classic Toy Train's May 2022 cover

Also in this issue: EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4 LETTERS, pg. 6 MODERN ERA NOTES, pg. 8 PHOTO ALBUM, pg. 10 NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 14 Items from the Amherst show QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, pg. 18 S GAUGE NOW AND THEN, pg. 20 VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 21 WEEKEND WORKSHOP, pg. 48 New life for […]

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New HO layout at Milwaukee museum available to the public

Kids visiting layout at Discovery World.

HO layout at Milwaukee Museum: Discovery World CEO Bryan Wunar speaks to Trains.com staff about Discovery World’s new HO scale model train layout. Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is known for their emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and exhibits. Regarding this exhibit, Wunar says, “Trains and railways embody technological advancements from around […]

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New HO layout at Milwaukee museum available to the public

Kids visiting layout at Discovery World.

HO layout at Milwaukee Museum: Discovery World CEO Bryan Wunar speaks to Trains.com staff about Discovery World’s new HO scale model train layout. Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is known for their emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and exhibits. Regarding this exhibit, Wunar says, “Trains and railways embody technological advancements from around […]

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Fred Frailey’s Powder River Basin

Green and yellow locomotives lead a coal train through green grasslands. Title: Fred Frailey's Powder River Basin.

The Powder River Basin was North America’s last, great railroading frontier. By the time of Fred W. Frailey’s article in 1989, PRB was served by Class I railroads where before railroads scarcely traveled — all in the later half of the 20th century. Enter your email address below to read this classic 24-page article that […]

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Wisdom of Paul Dolkos

Tug boat and rail barge with text headline: the Wisdom of Paul Dolkos and the Model Railroader blue and white logo.

Enter your e-mail address below and receive a 10-page special featuring Paul Dolkos’ detailed layout of Baltimore harbor railroad operations. Though small, this layout condenses a lifetime of model railroad building and operations that Paul Dolkos has accumulated. The feature articles are “On the Waterfront” parts I and II printed in the December 2015 and […]

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Fall 2021

Classic Trains magazine fall 2021 cover

Welcome Camelot in Dairyland Head End A potpourri railroad history, then and now Fast Mail Letters from readers on our Summer 2021 issue True Color Frisco’s Will Rogers at St. Louis Mileposts Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe The Way It Was Tales from railfans and railroaders Classics Today R&LHS turns 100 Car Stop Bamberger Railroad […]

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Trainfest 2022 announced

Trainfest logo

  Kalmbach Media and the Great American Train Shows will partner to produce Trainfest 2022, the renowned national model train show. The event is scheduled to take place in November at a venue in the greater Milwaukee area. Details on the show will be announced later in March. “We are excited to have the show […]

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Milwaukee’s Trainfest show to resume in November 2022

Kalmbach Media and Great American Train Shows will partner to produce Trainfest 2022, the renowned national model train show. The event will be in November at a venue in the greater Milwaukee area; details will be announced later. The Wisconsin Southeastern (WISE) Division of the National Model Railroad Association has produced past annual events. This […]

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