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Restoration & Repair

How to add Lionel’s TMCC and RailSounds to an old streamliner
May 15, 2014

How to add Lionel’s TMCC and RailSounds to an old streamliner

Robert Rello In the July 2014 issue, Robert Rello upgrades a Williams brass locomotive. Learn how to add Lionel’s TMCC…

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Repair pickup rollers and shoes
Jan 23, 2014

Repair pickup rollers and shoes

This article originally appeared in the December 2003 issue of CTT – click the link above to download! Learn more…

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CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 3 & 4
Jan 20, 2014

CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 3 & 4

After building the benchwork and laying track, the CTT staff got to work creating scenery for this layout, including a…

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CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 2
Dec 13, 2013

CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 2

On the second day of construction, the CTT staff installed the track for the Port Terminal & Western railroad. Read…

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CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 1
Nov 15, 2013

CTT’s Port Terminal & Western RR: Day 1

Follow along as the CTT staff takes on the first day’s work for crafting the Port Terminal & Western RR:…

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All about the Readers’ Choice RR
Mar 13, 2012

All about the Readers’ Choice RR

The Readers’ Choice Railroad Tailor-made to what our readers said they wanted in a layout We were encouraged to find…

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Craft store finds for toy-train enthusiasts
Jul 13, 2011

Craft store finds for toy-train enthusiasts

By the letter (and number) Vinyl letters with self-adhesive backing as well as dry transfers can be used straight from…

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All about the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.
May 17, 2011

All about the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.

The goal of this six-part layout construction series is to provide new hobbyists with a 4 x 8-foot permanent O…

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Building the Reader’s Choice RR benchwork
May 2, 2011

Building the Reader’s Choice RR benchwork

Our 2010 survey asked what you, our readers wanted in a layout. We compiled all of your feedback and we…

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Recycling old Lionel track
Mar 15, 2011

Recycling old Lionel track

Let’s say you’ve got a ton of old Lionel track in your basement, or maybe someone is willing to give…

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Bill Hildebrand’s O gauge Erie Lackawanna railroad layout
Sep 9, 2010

Bill Hildebrand’s O gauge Erie Lackawanna railroad layout

Bill Hildebrand used scale drawings and inexpensive hardboard material to construct an O gauge model of the famous Hoboken Terminal.…

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Tips to rejuvenate postwar freight cars
Aug 20, 2010

Tips to rejuvenate postwar freight cars

In the September 2010 issue, I showed how I rejuvenated a postwar Lionel No. 2458 boxcar. It’s one of several…

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