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Lionel brass hybrid Strasburg RR 2-10-0 Decapod • THE FIRST O SCALE MODEL OF A POPULAR EXCURSION ENGINE

Lionel VisionLine Big Boy • MORE TECHNOLOGY AND DETAILS THAN EVER IN THE 2023 VERSION OF THIS CELEBRATED STEAMER

American Flyer’s No. 648 Track Cleaning Car • GILBERT WAS FIRST WITH THIS PRACTICAL MODEL

PLAN WITH A postwar vibe • This 6 x 12-foot track plan offers operators many choices plus accessories

TAKE THE NEXT TRAIN TO HEDGERTON • This train lover’s paradise fills a 23 x 24-foot O gauge layout

Use Lionel’s Bluetooth Radio Tower • IT’S EASY TO ADD SOUND EFFECTS AND MORE TO YOUR LAYOUT

Marx’s 20th Century Limited • A PREWAR CLASSIC FINALLY MADE IN THE 1990s

PICTURES AT AN O GAUGE EXHIBITION • Neal Mayer fills his attic with vignettes of New England

8 LAYOUT TIPS FROM A MASTER • Neal envisioned a layout composed of several vignettes, each bearing the name of a different locale in Massachusetts. The names of the communities and their key industry or business were be fictitious, yet each had a basis in reality. They would, in short, be familiar to him. Here are eight of Neal’s insights.

TOY TRAINS ARE BACK IN THE MOVIES • GARY RUSHTON PROVIDED THE LIONEL MODELS FOR THE FABELMANS

INDUSTRIAL LAYOUT HONORS A FAMILY • REVIVING MEMORIES ON A 6 X 16-FOOT O GAUGE DISPLAY

How to clean old tubular track • A LITTLE TIME AND EFFORT CAN SAVE YOU MONEY

Adding reverse to Lionel motorized units • IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG TO GET POSTWAR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES TO CHANGE DIRECTION

LIONEL TREASURES GALORE • Highlights of the Paul Peters collection

Adding unique details to your layout • 6 EASY WAYS TO REPURPOSE KITCHEN CONTAINERS

Sluggish performance of Lionel locomotive • WHAT’S NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR A POSTWAR STEAMER?

Sound for Flyer passenger cars • AN EASY AND ENJOYABLE UPGRADE TO YOUR TRAINS

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