Rechargeable battery options for dead-rail locomotives
“Dead Rail” or “Power on Board” — no matter what you call it, the concept is the same: a model…
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“Dead Rail” or “Power on Board” — no matter what you call it, the concept is the same: a model…
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What do I collect? I collect original prewar trains in Standard and Wide Gauge, i.e. 2 1/8”. Lionel created the…
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By the time you’ve laid and wired your track and installed your train and turnout control system, it’s easy to…
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When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the…
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In the December 2006 issue of Classic Toy Trains, then-Editor Neil Besougloff presented his design for a “three times around…
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We pick up where we left off in part one. Having recently completed the roadbed, track, and wiring on our…
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Former Editor Neil Besougloff purchased this manuscript in 2002, and wondered why it hadn’t been used. I found the answer…
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There’s nothing quite like that feeling of running a “first train” on a new model railroad. Although the scenery is…
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Let’s be frank, not all of us have the luxury of immense space for a massive model railroad empire. But…
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The idea of a custom run product — a manufacturer creating a special item for a retailer not sold in…
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It’s a cliché to refer to a decade as a “decade of change.” In the summation of our nation’s history,…
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If we are fortunate enough to have good genes, avoid fatal accidents, and escape catastrophic illness, it will come to…
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