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Submit your My Greatest Find story We at Classic Toy Trains invite you to tell us about your “greatest find.”…
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Facts & features Name: Back Creek PaperScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 10 x 14 feetPrototype: Westvaco Pulp & Paper millLocale: Covington,…
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Facts & features Name: Central New York & New EnglandScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 11 x 19 feet plus 7 x…
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A unique tender for a Lionel No. 1587 Girl’s Train I couldn’t have imagined the excitement that year would bring…
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My greatest find occurred in 1957, when I was 13 years old. Before I tell you about it, let me…
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I thought about calling this column “What on earth were they thinking,” but that wouldn’t have made a good title…
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The Lionel 700E Hudson steam engine, a super-detailed 1:48 scale model of the J-1e New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson, was…
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3-D print a rail cart porta-potty: A requirement of a modern railroad, besides moving freight and passengers, is addressing the…
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This 1940s night view of Galesburg shows the lineup of carts for hauling mail and express. Galesburg was on the…
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Common name: Columnar Japanese holly Latin name: Ilex crenata ’Sky Pencil’; synonym I.c. ‘Sky Sentry’ Plant type: Shrubs & small…
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One night in 1992, I was in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, waiting for a plane. Bombay is about as far…
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My greatest find could also be known as the one that almost got away. This Lionel outfit was sitting on…
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