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Also in this issue: ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6 The latest features on our website FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8 Know-how plus imagination equals success NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12 Hobby industry news ASK MR, pg. 18 Santa Fe’s NCX: A freight you can model REHAB MY RAILROAD, pg. 24 Upgrading the MR&T with Walthers’ new […]
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Plus much more: IMPROVE YOUR LAYOUT TODAY!, pg. 7 Introduction by Carl Swanson INSTALLING A LAYOUT SKIRT ON CURVED FASCIA, pg. 8 A simple, inexpensive method helps complete a flowing layout edge by Jeff Sargeant BUILD BENCHWORK FOR A SECTIONAL LAYOUT, pg. 11 A way to prepare for disassembly or a household move by Pelle […]
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 Classic Today R&LHS turns 100 Car Stop Bamberger Railroad […]
There’s a lot of variety in the December issue. Visit an O gauge club’s huge layout, American Flyer’s single-dome Gulf tank cars, the Lionel Stock-Watch, a Marx collection, plus the latest news and new products, and more! […]
Also in this issue: EDITOR’S DESK, pg. 4 LETTERS, pg. 6 PHOTO ALBUM, pg. 8 NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 14 Atlas O offerings, a unique TCA reefer, books, and more! QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, pg. 20 VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 23 S GAUGE THEN NOW AND THEN, pg. 24 REVIEWS, pg. 58 Lionel Legacy GP30 […]
Salute to a silver family Zephyr! The very word evokes speed and excitement, power and adventure. That it does can be credited to a railroad president’s decision nearly 90 years ago to name the first of a fleet of innovative trains after the Greek god of the west wind, Zephyrus. It was a fitting choice […]
The latest special issue from Classic Toy Trains! If you’re looking to build your first toy train layout, or maybe just something more manageable, Toy Train Layouts for Small Spaces has you covered! It’s full of plans for layouts under 100 square feet that will fit in a spare room, including island and around the […]
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 Atlas O rolling stock and buildings, club cars, books, a special issue QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, pg. 20 VIEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND, pg. 23 S GAUGE THEN NOW AND THEN, pg. […]
Also in this issue: ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6 The latest features on our website FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8 Introducing the variable location layout NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12 Hobby industry news ASK MR, pg. 18 Why do these boxcars have built-in lights? REHAB MY RAILROAD, pg. 24 Upgrading the MR&T with Walthers’ new turnouts […]
The November 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains features a Lionel collection that contains such gems as the no. 2296W Canadian Pacific outfit and some of the finest examples of the rarest sets in the postwar era. You’ll also visit an O gauge homage to the Reading Lines in Pennsylvania, and an S gauge layout […]
In 2022, the Kalmbach Hobby Store will be offering four new HO scale freight car kits decorated for our freelanced staff layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (MR&T). The injection-molded plastic cars, made in the U.S. by Accurail, will be offered in one road number per scheme. The kits are priced at $27.99 each. We’ve […]
