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Tag: Toy Trains

Operating dump car you can build

By | October 19, 2012
Joseph Rampolla designed and built this retro-styled O gauge dump car

Joseph Rampolla designed and built this retro-styled O gauge dump car; learn how to make it in the December 2012 issue of CTT and watch it in action here! […]

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Brian Inch’s kid-friendly O gauge empire

By Roger Carp | September 17, 2012
Brian Inch O gauge layout

Brian Inch’s son, Riley, loads Atlas O pulpwood flatcars in a section of the layout designed for children to enjoy and change at will. […]

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Posted in Tours & VisitsTagged Family Friendly, O Scale, Tours and Visits, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

A railroad’s railroad – BNSF’s O gauge layout

By Carl Swanson | August 21, 2012

BNSF Ry. is using O gauge trains to share its story with the public.   […]

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Posted in Tours & VisitsTagged 2000 - Present, BNSF, O Scale, Tours and Visits, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

Video: Lionel O gauge Baldwin RF-16 diesel set

By Bob Keller | August 16, 2012
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. […]

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Posted in Product ReviewsTagged Diesel Locomotives, Lionel, O Scale, Reviews, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

Video: Lionel Archive Operating freight station

By Bob Keller | July 20, 2012
Lionel 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. […]

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Kent Johnson rainy day run-by

By Kent Johnson | July 16, 2012

In the September 2012 issue, Kent Johnson demonstrated how he accomplished the realistic backdrop for his O gauge railroad. Subscribers can watch this rainy day run-by on a moody wet morning on his layout. […]

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Tuned-up Turbine in action

By | July 16, 2012
Lionel postwar turbine in action

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Posted in Tours & VisitsTagged 1946 - 1970, Steam Locomotive, Tours and Visits, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

Video: O gauge Bavarian S 3/6-Class 4-6-2 by MTH

By Bob Keller | May 14, 2012
Close view of a Bavarian-style toy train steam locomotive.

The O gauge Bavarian S 3/6-Class 4-6-2 by MTH looks good, sounds authentic, has good pulling power and may steer your O gauge model railroad experience in a totally new direction. […]

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Operating on the Readers’ Choice RR

By Kent Johnson | May 7, 2012
The Readers' Choice RR urban extension

Watch Kent Johnson operate on the Readers’ Choice RR. Don’t miss Part two of this video! […]

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Posted in Tours & VisitsTagged Model Railroad Operations, O Scale, Tours and Visits, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

How to quickly weather O-gauge vehicles

By Kent Johnson | May 7, 2012
A spray can next to an O gauge truck

With just a few supplies, Kent Johnson shows you how to quickly add dirt and dust to your vehicles. […]

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Posted in BeginnersTagged Beginners, How To, O Scale, Painting & Weathering, Scenery, Toy Trains, Trains VideoLeave a comment

S gauge 4-6-6-4 by American Flyer by Lionel

By Bob Keller | March 19, 2012

This Union Pacific Challenger from Lionel offers S gaugers a highly detailed, articulated loco that possesses the most advanced electronics in the S gauge world. […]

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Video: Don Miller’s O gauge layout

By | January 24, 2012

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