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October 2018 | ModelRailroader.com
By Gerry Glancy | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
October 2018
By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
In the pages of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine you’ll find information about building, operating, and enhancing toy train layouts; track plans, repair and maintenance tips, profiles of collectible postwar and prewar trains, and more.
Features
Tomato red Lionel boxcars
How a collecting group created a spicy boxcar variation in 1994.
A route for the railroad: Add track, wiring, and terrain
Our project railroad series continues with a step-by-step guide
Never a lone wolf with trains
Cooperation and camaraderie reflect what this veteran hobbyist loves about his trains and his 21 x 62-foot O gauge empire.
Finding the sweet spot
How S gauge modeler William Novak balances realism with fancy on his 8½ x 14-foot layout – plus 12 tips for finding your own balance!
Discover the first Ives freight and passenger stations
After a disastrous fire destroyed its factory, accessories revitalized Ives Manufacturing Corp., America’s premier toy train maker, in 1902.
Layout within a layout
Add action by using an N scale train as an amusement park ride.
Departments
Editor’s Desk
New train show is a hit
Letters
Photo Album
News
New publication from Classic Toy Trains salutes Christmas, plus Atlas O’s Trainman Dash 8-40CW, and a rustic water tower from Woodland Scenics.
Questions & Answers
Collectible Classics
K-Line’s Alco S-2 diesel
Views from the Underground
Reviews
Williams by Bachmann O gauge F59PHI and a rural train station from Menards.
Tips, Tools, & Techniques
Three tips for your layout
October 2018
By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2020
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
Garden Railways has been the leading magazine devoted to the hobby of outdoor, large-scale model railroading for more than 30 years. Each issue brings you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of garden railroads, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts, and much more!
Plus, subscribers get exclusive online access to the Railroad Gardening Library, product reviews, project plans, bonus articles, and more. Whether you’re new to the hobby or a seasoned veteran, this magazine is for you!
Features
From junk box to maintenance-of-way crane
A freelance project from spare parts and found materials
Rolling stock for a new railroad
This unique garden line will haul real loads
Readers gallery
Garden-railway views from around the world
The town of Snow Creek
Rethinking, relocating, and rebuilding
Protect your track with a snow shed
Simple techniques produce an unusual structure
Building structures with foam insulation board
Producing great models is easier than you think
Departments
From the Editor
Notes & news
Letters
Video 101
Vignettes and transitions
Garden railway basics
One-page project
Creating a rural vignette
