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EASY SCENERY UPDATES
By Kent Johnson, Bob Keller
Five simple scenery enhancements you can add to any layout.
pg. 32

INSIDE LIONEL'S INNOVATIVE O GAUGE AMTRAK ACELA
By Matt Troester
An exploded view shows what makes this modern marvel rock and roll.
pg. 38

A LIONEL FASTRACK MODULAR O GAUGE RAILROAD THAT TRAVELS
By Michael Tylick
An 11 x 11-foot plan featuring Lionel Collectors Club of America modules.
pg. 40

STEAMING THROUGH TIME ON NEAL SCHORR'S REALISTIC LAYOUT
By Neal Schorr
The Middle Division of the mighty Pennsylvania RR comes to life on a richly detailed O gauge railroad.
pg. 42

TUNE LIONEL MOTORIZED UNITS
By Peter H. Riddle
It's easy to care for your postwar and modern-era motorized units.
pg. 48

INVESTIGATING LIONEL'S PREWAR STEAM WORKHORSES
By Joe Algozzini, Dick Christianson
Learn how the Lionel prewar nos. 224 and 1666 2-6-2 steam locomotives evolved between 1938 and '42.
pg. 54

INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION TO S GAUGE MODELING
By Roger Carp
Rod Price, a longtime American Flyer enthusiast, happily shares his impressive 13 x 21-foot layout with a new generation of toy train fans.
pg. 58

JACK MASON: 40 YEARS SELLING FOR LIONEL, GILBERT, AND OTHERS
By Roger Carp
Starting in the 1950s, Jack Mason enjoyed a long and eventful career in toy sales, including work for both Lionel and A.C. Gilbert.
pg. 64
Classic Toy Trains May 2013
Classic Toy Trains

Classic Toy Trains May 2013

$1.80 $5.99
EASY SCENERY UPDATES
By Kent Johnson, Bob Keller
Five simple scenery enhancements you can add to any layout.
pg. 32

INSIDE LIONEL'S INNOVATIVE O GAUGE AMTRAK ACELA
By Matt Troester
An exploded view shows what makes this modern marvel rock and roll.
pg. 38

A LIONEL FASTRACK MODULAR O GAUGE RAILROAD THAT TRAVELS
By Michael Tylick
An 11 x 11-foot plan featuring Lionel Collectors Club of America modules.
pg. 40

STEAMING THROUGH TIME ON NEAL SCHORR'S REALISTIC LAYOUT
By Neal Schorr
The Middle Division of the mighty Pennsylvania RR comes to life on a richly detailed O gauge railroad.
pg. 42

TUNE LIONEL MOTORIZED UNITS
By Peter H. Riddle
It's easy to care for your postwar and modern-era motorized units.
pg. 48

INVESTIGATING LIONEL'S PREWAR STEAM WORKHORSES
By Joe Algozzini, Dick Christianson
Learn how the Lionel prewar nos. 224 and 1666 2-6-2 steam locomotives evolved between 1938 and '42.
pg. 54

INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION TO S GAUGE MODELING
By Roger Carp
Rod Price, a longtime American Flyer enthusiast, happily shares his impressive 13 x 21-foot layout with a new generation of toy train fans.
pg. 58

JACK MASON: 40 YEARS SELLING FOR LIONEL, GILBERT, AND OTHERS
By Roger Carp
Starting in the 1950s, Jack Mason enjoyed a long and eventful career in toy sales, including work for both Lionel and A.C. Gilbert.
pg. 64
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