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.

COMING TOGETHER AGAIN • It might be the right time to check out your local club

YOUR MAGAZINE TEAM

Classic Toy Trains

IMPROVING YOUR LIONEL NO. 397 COAL LOADER

THE LIGHT CAME ON • Or it will soon, thanks to a reader’s idea

PHOTO ALBUM • YOUR PICTURES

ATLAS O RELEASES SPRING 2022 PREMIER CATALOG

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WHISTLING ISSUES WITH LIONEL STEAMER • Better sounds from a postwar no. 2026 steam engine and tender

THE DEAL THAT DIED • Only one thing could stop Flyer’s comeback

IT’S HARD TO LET GO • Deciding what to do with our trains

MARKING A NEW ERA IN RAILROADING • Lionel’s no. 9141 Burlington Northern gondola

UNION PACIFIC ALCO DIESELS • Yellow and silver Lionel beauties from 1950 to 1954

SOLVING A GREAT MARX TRAIN MYSTERY

Cooperation REIGNS SUPREME

FIXING A LIONEL MISSILE CAR • Make a broken no. 3665 Minuteman launcher work again

A NEW LAYOUT FOR AN S GAUGE LIFER

A COLLECTOR OF TRAINS & EXPERIENCES • Ray Martin gives 110 percent all the time

A PAIR OF KINGS • MTH’s SD70ACe and caboose set is a winning hand

MENARDS SWITCH TOWER LOADED WITH CHARACTER

SHHHH, I’M RUNNING TRAINS • A quieter roadbed solution, plus upcycling cofffee stirrers into tree trunks