Two O gauge trains alternate automatically on Donald Miller’s Christmas-tree layout. Learn how to create this layout in the December 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. […]
Craft an automated Christmas layout
ManuFacturer: Lionel
Lionel’s D-146 Dealer Display Layout – Rebooted! Plan 2
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack (Plan 2) Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the December 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click the link below to download a PDF of this track plan. Schematic Parts list […]
Workin’ the Wabash in 7 x 16 feet
Layout designer: Ray Stuber Scale: O Layout size: 7 x 16 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the November 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Workin’ the Wabash in 7 x 16 feet track plan Workin’ the Wabash in 7 x 16 feet schematics Workin’ the Wabash in 7 x […]
Lionel O gauge Union Pacific 4-12-2 steam locomotive
The Union Pacific was known for the large steam power it used to speed freight across the wide-open west. Perhaps the line’s most eccentric design was the 4-12-2. That was a heavy locomotive designed to pull heavy freights at higher speeds over the vast, fruited plains. Alco constructed 88 of the 782,000-pound giants for the […]
Sectional Appeal starts with a 4 x 8-foot segment
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 20 x 24 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-48 Originally appeared in the October 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Up-and-over O gauge plan
Layout designer: John Rusterholz Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the September 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Up-and-over O gauge plan Up-and-over O gauge plan schematic Up-and-over O gauge plan components […]
Lionel O gauge Baldwin RF-16 diesel set
Let me start out by saying that I’m a fan of the Baldwin RF-16. I even own two sets by Williams (yes, both New York Central). The sharp, jutting nose reminds me of the days when airliners had three rudders and autos had fins. Even 59 years after the last was built, I think they […]
Video: Lionel O gauge Baldwin RF-16 diesel set
Check out the action of this A-A set released by Lionel, featuring a good level of detail and 0-36 action. […]
Video: Lionel O gauge Baldwin RF-16 diesel set
Check out the action of this A-A set released by Lionel, featuring a good level of detail and 0-36 action. […]
Lionel operating freight station
Like many manufacturers, when Lionel had made prototypes of potential products, whether they went forward to production or not, they often held the single samples in an archive stored away for possible use in the future. Sometimes the market wasn’t right when they were proposed, or the technology wasn’t there to do it right. But […]
Video: Lionel Archive Operating freight station
Bob Keller demonstrates how freight is loaded via conveyor belt to its destination, working either as a railroad structure or the loading arm of a trackside factory. […]
Video: Lionel Archive Operating freight station
Bob Keller demonstrates how freight is loaded via conveyor belt to its destination, working either as a railroad structure or the loading arm of a trackside factory. […]
