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Video: Inside the July 2011 issue

Join Editor Carl Swanson for a look inside the July 2011 Classic Toy Trains magazine. In this issue we feature expanded department sections offering even more of what you find entertaining and informative.Click here for the table of contents. View »

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Bob's Train Box: Episode 37 Hudson Extra

In this special extra edition of Bob's Train Box, we see the Lionel Vision line 400E Scale Hudson hu View »

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Ballast King O gauge ballast spreading car

How do you put down ballast on your O gauge railroad? Depending on the scope of the project, I may use either a plastic cup – or a cut-open one-gallon water jug filled with ballast. I pour it down on the track and then use a paintbrush More »

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Lionel O gauge NASCAR ready-to-run set

by Bob Keller Published: February 22, 2007

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Streaming video of action on the Readers' Choice RR

The July 2011 issue of CTT features the final installment of our O gauge project layout series.

Peter Atonna O gauge video

This video of Peter Atonna's O gauge 40 x 70-foot Seligman & Paulden Lines illustrate the 15 layout details that are keys to a great railroad.

Photos from Doug Bloom's layout of memories

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Focus On Classics with Roger Carp

Our "Collecting" section of ClassicToyTrains.com is hosted by Senior Editor Roger Carp who shares his knowledge of pre-and postwar trains, accessories, and the companies that produced them. Along with this, he is excited to have this opportunity to s More » |

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