This Lionel O gauge Wabash Blue Bird passenger set honors one of the premier trains that at one time ran daily between Chicago and St. Louis. […]
Video: Lionel’s O gauge Wabash passenger set
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Video: Lionel’s O gauge Wabash passenger set
This Lionel O gauge Wabash Blue Bird passenger set honors one of the premier trains that at one time ran daily between Chicago and St. Louis. […]
Lionel’s O gauge Wabash passenger set
Once again Lionel is thinking outside the box regarding starter set road names. This three-car set gets points for offering something other than, say, the Santa Fe. It serves up the Wabash. The Wabash was a bridge route that ran from Buffalo, N.Y., to Kansas City, with branches to Omaha, Des Moines, St. Louis, Chicago, […]
Video: Tinplate line starter set by Lionel-MTH
This outfit is from the fun era of toy trains when what people bought were representations of the real thin, not scale models. […]
Video: Tinplate line starter set by Lionel-MTH
This outfit is from the fun era of toy trains when what people bought were representations of the real thin, not scale models. […]
Tinplate Line starter set by MTH
Set aside all your prototype railroad reference books. This outfit is from the fun era of toy trains, when trains were actual toys and what people bought were representations of the real thing, not scale models. You get the prewar Lionel heritage, except the trains are made better! LocomotionThis may be anathema to most train […]
Build an O gauge shelf layout
Layout designer: Neal Mayer Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 6 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the October 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the links below to view PDF’s for the o gauge shelf layout. Track Plans Schematics Parts […]
Christmas tree track plan: Continuous corner railroad
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 4 x 4 feet Track type: K-Line by Lionel SuperStreets Minimum curve: D16 curve Originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan. […]
Christmas tree track plan: Slim line route
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 5 x 5 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click here to download a PDF of this track plan. […]
Room-size figure-8 layout
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 12 x 12 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-36 Originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Schematic Parts list […]
Mid-sized to the max
Layout designer: Terry Thompson Scale: O Layout size: 6 x 12 feet Track type: Lionel O Minimum curve: O-31 Originally appeared in the November 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Passenger track plan Freight track plan Parts list […]
Readers Choice RR urban extension
Layout designer: Kent Johnson Scale: O Layout size: 3 x 8 feet Track type: Lionel FasTrack Minimum curve: O-60 Originally appeared in the September 2011 issue of Classic Toy Trains. Click on the link to download a PDF of this track plan. Track plan Parts list Schematic […]
