Lionel’s space-related rolling stock and accessories
The late 1950s and early 60s were a time of the Cold War, Sputnik, and the Mercury and Gemini space…
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I found this manuscript from the late John Grams in our manuscript files. There was no date on the envelope…
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I found this manuscript from the late John Grams in our manuscript files. There was no date on the envelope…
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In the 1920s, as Argentina’s economy boomed and its railway system expanded, toy trains began to capture the imaginations of…
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What do I collect? I collect the General Mills era of Lionel production (1969-1986), with a focus on the Model…
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This week’s “look back” is an early CTT product review from the Fall 1988 issue of the MTH 2-4-2 reproduction…
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The Winter 1989 issue featured an 8 page (!) article on prewar American Flyer stations (96, 104, and 237). This…
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Postwar and contemporary classic locomotives
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Each week, I will pick a random page from a back issue of Classic Toy Trains and talk a little…
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I’ve been collecting Marx since the 1990s. Growing up with American Flyer S gauge and Lionel, I had largely not…
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There’s something magical about childhood memories, especially those centered on beloved toys. My grandparents had a Marx train set, once…
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Around the time that I got my driver’s license in the late 1960s I started to visit a local train…
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