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Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Mark and Shirley Childress’ O gauge layout
Jul 3, 2025

Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Mark and Shirley Childress’ O gauge layout

It’s a snowy December 24th in Swansea, Ill., under the beautifully decorated tree at the home of Mark and Shirley…

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Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Gary King’s S gauge layout
Jul 2, 2025

Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Gary King’s S gauge layout

Visitors to the King residence in Albany, N.Y., get a kick out of watching the postwar No. 343 Nickel Plate…

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Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Ed Berry’s O gauge layout
Jun 30, 2025

Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day: Ed Berry’s O gauge layout

Ed Berry is just one of the many current layout builders who use a section or two of the O…

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Introducing Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day
Jun 27, 2025

Introducing Classic Toy Trains Photo of the Day

The guys holed up in the shack by the main line on David Brown’s O gauge layout caught a break…

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Department 56 buildings on toy train layouts
Dec 1, 2022

Department 56 buildings on toy train layouts

Department 56 on toy train layouts: Toy train enthusiasts enjoy using Department 56 buildings and accessories on their O and…

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O gauge realism is Herb Lindsay’s legacy
Feb 11, 2022

O gauge realism is Herb Lindsay’s legacy

O gauge realism is Herb Lindsay’s legacy. One of the landmark layouts featured in Classic Toy Trains over the years…

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31 years of Classic Toy Trains covers!
Oct 25, 2017

31 years of Classic Toy Trains covers!

Take a trip down memory lane by re-visting some of our favorite covers from the past. [...]Read More...

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Photos from Doug Bloom’s layout of memories
May 16, 2011

Photos from Doug Bloom’s layout of memories

With vision and talent and help from Tom Ferber, Doug Bloom’s wonderful layout was built. All of the photos were…

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Rich Cannistra’s American Flyer Christmas Layout
Nov 5, 2010

Rich Cannistra’s American Flyer Christmas Layout

In the December 2010 issue we chronicled the amazing Christmas display that Rich Cannistra constructs in the four weeks after…

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Dave Corbett’s Wide gauge layout that Kris Kringle would love
Sep 9, 2010

Dave Corbett’s Wide gauge layout that Kris Kringle would love

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Don Williams’ O and S gauge layout
Feb 17, 2010

Don Williams’ O and S gauge layout

Tourists motor to Horseshoe Curve to watch the cavalcade of trains. When Don was young, the headliners were aluminum cars…

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