Classic Toy Trains April 1992

CONDITION  Good, unmarked pages, reading wear

CONTENTS

Cover Story – Recognizing The Real Thing – By Joe Algozzini – You need time, luck, and plenty of patience to collect uncataloged sets

Features

Big Steam On A Big Railroad – By Don Wood – Marty Fix’s hi-rail O gauge Midway Central Features the newest scale steam locomotives

LGB Under The Golden Arches – By Michael Hager – A special display layout in a Buena Park, Calif., McDonald’s entertains visitors year round

Beer Reefers Without The Beer – by Tom Michels – Prohibition statutes “protected” American toy train buyers from Ging’s evil “B”-word refrigerator cars

The Right Place At The Right Time – By Jim Bunte – Amtak president Graham Claytor’s early toy train collection redefines the term “rare”

Lemonade From Lemons – By Tom Rollo – Lionel’s undependable no 155 ringing highway signal could be a heartbreaker—unless you knew the Secret of the Vibrotor

Just Like Magic – By Jeff Faust – Enjoy two-train operation by modifying Flyer’s no 761 semaphore

CTT Visits Gargraves – More than 50 years ago Don Roder teamed up with Gardner and Gr4aves to make track for toy trains

Bill Stulla Recalls His Years As TV’s Engineer Bill – By Roger Carp – As host of “Cartoon Express,” he introduced thousands of kids to toy trains

Modern Problems – By Jim Tomczyk – Getting MPC and Fundimensions diesels to operate reliably is no problem once you learn the right tricks.

Departments

Editorial

CTT Product News

CTT Feedback

CTT Bookshelf

CTT Events

CTT Product Showcase

Classic Train Sets

CTT Display Case

Conversation Pieces

Diorama Studios

CTT Q’s & A’s

Dealer Directory/Index Of Advertisers

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