Classic Toy Trains February 2015

Today's big engines celebrate the best of railroading's pastBy Roger CarpDon Rice showcases the finest locomotives on his O gauge empire.               Guide to painting realistic brick structuresBy Dennis BrennanSimple paint techniques take your plastic structures to the next level.               Father & son build a compact and detailed O gauge layoutPatrick and Lucas Nugent’s 6 x 9-foot layout carries on great traditions.               Readers share Lionel raritiesBy Roger CarpPresenting a handful of seldom-seen postwar models.               Lionel, serendipity, and Minuteman missilesBy Steve PomeroyRun your Lionel missile trains as the U.S. Air Force might have done.               Showcasing with style Lionel's colorful prewar treasuresBy Roger CarpDiscover Standard and O gauge tinplate classics on Peter Atonna’s layout.               Plastic buildings meet tinplate rails in Marxs communityBy Roger CarpOnly one major postwar train maker dared invade Plasticville’s territory.               Meet the man who portrayed the perfect Lionel dadBy Roger CarpActor Ralph Courtenay expressed the joy fathers took in electric trains.