Classic Toy Trains December 2014

An O gauge display creates magical Christmas memories
By Ed Werner
A Classic Toy Trains plan inspired the O gauge Polar Mountain & Warren

Rediscover a wonderful look at American Flyer trains
By Roger Carp
Arthur Getz put S gauge beauties on a 1955 New Yorker magazine cover

This flexible layout can be changed in a day
By Roger Carp
Robert Cone built a unique three-rail empire of almost infinite variety

Windows to yesterday
By Roger Carp
Recalling the great years when trains filled store windows at Christmas

Simple gifts spark lifelong love for Lionel trains
By Roger Carp
Two Classic Toy Trains readers received similar O gauge outfits while growing up in New Jersey

Prewar gems highlighted a legendary train collection
By Joe Algozzini, Roger Carp
In the early days of CTT, Mel Nicholas generously shared his very finest trains

Finding happiness in building a playground for O gauge trains
By Roger Carp
The way Bill DiMenna sees it, there’s nothing better than letting a layout provide amusement

An O gauge track plan for big steam in the coal fields
By Ray Stuber
The O gauge Appalachian Central provides plenty of action in 8 x 12 feet

An S gauger revisits Flyer's scale model line for 1964
By George Hoffer
Remembering the end of the line for Gilbert’s “scale model line.”