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.

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Improving Lionel’s postwar log loader

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IN MEMORIAM

What makes a great locomotive? • Here are some factors to grade power

Correct tenders for Lionel’s steamers • Which tenders really came with the nos. 224 and 675 engines?

Lionel no. 2020 Turbine from 1946 • A smokin’ addition to the early O-27 line

The new normal • What’s being missed these days

Not destined for glory • Like Casey Jones, haste sent steamers to doom

WHAT’S THE FUN IF THEY DON’T RUN? • A layout to store and operate a colorful (mostly) Marx collection

SMOKE SET THE TOY TRAIN WORLD ON FIRE • Lionel and Flyer raced to be first with this effect in 1946

MILWAUKEE LIONEL RAILROAD CLUB • The group’s O gauge layout keeps getting better

AT A GLANCE

Single-dome Gulf tank cars • Realistic models filled the S gauge roster between 1951 and ’57

Holiday Nostalgia • Modern Lionel trains changed Christmas for Richard Doolittle

BEHIND THE LIONEL STOCK-WATCH • A forgotten product for farmers

WHAT DOES LIONEL SHARE WITH FDR AND KING KONG? • Richard Mack’s been a toy train fan since 1933

Lionel GP30 • This Legacy locomotive is unmistakable

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Repairing Flyer stirrup steps • A couple of different methods can help