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ANIMATION EXTRAVAGANZA
A moving matchstick factory, a propeller-driven airplane overhead, rocking chairs at the old folks home, a car crashing into a gas station, dancers at a nightclub – these are only a handful of the animations on Eric Michaelson’s inspiring O gauge layout in Simi Valley, Calif.
BUILD YOUR OWN POSTWAR-STYLE LAYOUT
Dave Goulbourn, of San Pedro, Calif., shows you step-by-step from benchwork to scenery how to make your own version of a Lionel 8- by 8-foot factory display layout.
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GET SMART ABOUT LIONEL’S F3 DIESELS
Len Carparelli, of East Rutherford, N.J., tells you how Lionel’s factory workers painted three popular postwar F3s and helps you identify originals from reproductions.
ACCESSORY-FILLED ATTIC LAYOUT
Bright modern-era trains and accessories dominate George Arbeeny’s 22- by 6-foot O and Standard gauge layout in his New York City area home.
“LOADS IN, EMPTIES OUT” TRACK PLAN
Howard Reed, of Oneonta, N.Y., shares a clever 12- by 16-foot track plan that makes perfect sense out of all of those coal loading and unloading accessories.
HOW TO REPAIR A LIONEL DIESEL HORN
Our repair guru Ray L. Plummer shows you step-by-step how to get your postwar-style horn honking.
ELUSIVE AMERICAN FLYER SEMAPHORES
Ed Hyland, of Watertown, Conn., uncovers the rare and elusive postwar American Flyer no. 588 semaphore.
LENNY DEAN: LIONEL’S HEART AND SOUL
CTT’s Roger Carp profiles Lenny Dean, who, incredibly, has been an employee at Lionel for more than 60 years.
READER SHOWCASE
How can you get a photo of your layout into Classic Toy Trains? Easy, submit it to Reader Showcase, our new regular feature.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE OF CTT: Bob Keller reviews K-Line’s scale-size Hudson steamer, American Models’ S gauge Train Master diesel, Lionel’s LionMaster 4-6-6-4 steamer, and more; industry news; Q&A operator tips with Ray L. Plummer; and our popular Collectible Classics column.