Classic Toy Trains

CLASSIC TOY TRAINS BRINGS YOU O AND S GAUGE FOR THE OPERATOR AND COLLECTOR. SEE THE NEWEST TRAINS FROM LIONEL, MTH, ATLAS O AND OTHERS; LEARN ABOUT TRACK PLANNING, WIRING AND LAYOUT CONSTRUCTION; IDENTIFY AND REPAIR OLD LIONEL AND AMERICAN FLYER TRAINS; AND VISIT THE MOST INSPIRING TOY TRAIN LAYOUTS EVER BUILT.

Get your trains ready now for the holidays • It’s the hap-hap-happiest time of the year!

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Classic Toy Trains

More musings on Lionel Santa Fe warbonnet of 1948

Comparing “scale” vehicles • Some may work; others may be way off base

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CHOO CHOO BARN’S LEGACY CONTINUES

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Lionel’s No. 19288 Conrail boxcar • O gauge tribute to the formation of a notable railroad

Milk car blues • Smooth operation of a Lionel classic depends on the right parts

Early American Flyer ads • Beautiful artwork created to promote Gilbert’s train line

Hobbies add spice to life • Using your spare time wisely and enjoyably

HERE COMES THE POLAR EXPRESS! • A skill-building compact holiday layout project

SIMPLE BUILDING FLATS

EASY SNOW-COVERED TREES

Discover Sakai freight sets from Japan

A big Christmas toy train mystery • Memories of massive annual displays made me wonder, ‘What happened to them?’

A Christmas Layout You Can Visit • Ron Siebler built a nostalgic S gauge display in Dallas

Lionel treasure survives a century! • Discover Scenic Railway No. 177 from 1923

A Lionel train and its great story • Santa Fe set, boxes, and loads of family memories

BRINGING O GAUGE TALENT TOGETHER • A South Carolina club builds a great layout

Lionel Brass Hybrid Challenger • This powerful Legacy 4-6-6-4 is pure articulated muscle

The Atlas P42 locomotive • This O gauge Premier Line model sports great paint schemes

Menards Johnson’s Texaco Station • Gas, service, and two neat vehicles in a small footprint

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Don’t throw away those silica gel packets • They may save your expensive locomotives from dampness

Let it snow!

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