What is zinc pest?
You may have heard the term “zinc pest,” or maybe “zinc rot” or “zamak pest,” but what is zinc pest?…
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Design a toy train layout — O, S, or Standard/Wide gauge — it requires above all making one fundamental decision.…
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Facts & features Name: Pacific Railway & Navigation Co.Scale: Proto:48 (O fine scale)Size: 4 x 38 feet (Palouse), 40 x…
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Facts & features Name: Pennsylvania RR, Central RegionScale: O (1:48)Size: 43 x 60 feetPrototype: Pennsylvania RRLocale: central PennsylvaniaEra: 1952Style: around-the-wallsMainline…
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Modelers David Popp, Brian Schmidt, and Bryson Sleppy install the wiring power bus and Digital Command Control system on their…
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Knowledgeable hobbyists will likely tell you the line Lionel cataloged for 1954 represented the pinnacle of post-World War II production.…
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According to a document saved by Maury H. Romer, who supervised production of the postwar S gauge line, the A.C.…
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The Lionel No. 6407 flatcar with missile and removable Mercury capsule was cataloged for one year only, in 1963. It…
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I have a set of Lionel No. 2379 Denver & Rio Grande Western F3s from 1957 that do not run.…
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Transcripted from the CTT video series Truck’s Toy Trains. Trains.com members can watch it here. The Lionel Corp. released its…
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A Lionel Santa Fe passenger train outfit from 1952 is widely regarded as one of the best the company ever…
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Q: I’m slowly building the industries on my HO layout and can’t seem to find one in particular: a glass…
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