December 2008

December 2008

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020

| Last updated on November 3, 2020

In the pages of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine you’ll find information about building, operating, and enhancing toy train layouts; track plans, repair and maintenance tips, profiles of collectible postwar and prewar trains, and more.

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Features

Build the 4 x 8 Cascade & Timber Trail

By Kent Johnson

Follow along as we start a new project railroad.

ONLINE EXTRA: Streaming video of the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry.

Building a childhood dream layout

By Roger Carp

A 1957 Lionel catalog illustration inspired Steve Garofalo to recreate a classic postwar railroad.

Make a working drive-in theater

By Peter H. Riddle

Play real movies on this eye-catching layout addition.

Visit the layout of Richard Kughn, the man who revived Lionel

By Roger Carp

The man who revitalized Lionel has a 20 x 24-foot layout that falls somewhere between toy and hi-rail.

SUBSCRIBER-ONLY EXTRA: Two previously published Carail layout stories

Trains that deliver holiday joy

By Roger Carp

Two friends keep an O gauge holiday display tradition alive in their hometown.

Easy O gauge vehicle accents

By Bill Spayd

Step-by-step improvements for your fleet of vehicles.

Build a Main Street layout scene

By V.S. Roseman

Add balconies to buildings for a unique urban scene.

Four Lionel postwar store displays highlight a great collection

By Roger Carp

Mark Stephens collects postwar Lionel – with a difference. He seeks out rare store layouts.

Collectible Classics: American Flyer’s no. 5007A Santa Fe set

By Roger Carp

This great postwar set combines colorful diesels with both freight and passenger cars.

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News

Williams by Bachmann releases Baldwin cab units in a new scheme, 3rd Rail offers a Burlington 2-10-4, and Lionel’s factory is the subject of a new book