108 essential tips from 250 issues of Classic Toy Trains!
By Carl Swanson
Cover photo by Paul Dolkos
Ideas, techniques, and inspiration from three decades of CTT.
Meet the future!
By Roger Carp
Andy Waite is one of many younger hobbyists building great layouts.
A new Lionel boxcar for $5?
By Mark Suek
A look back at bonus coupon promotions from the 1970s.
Boyhood railroad won a 1960 Lionel contest
By Wesley E. Swartz
Photos of his layout earned the author a prized Lionel accessory in a nationwide contest.
Layout shows how to pay homage to postwar trains
By Roger Carp
Memories come alive on Wayne Garver’s 8 x 13-foot O gauge layout.
Flyer knuckles down in 1952
By Ted Hamler
Remembering Gilbert’s first S gauge set equipped with knuckle couplers.