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Classic Toy Trains 1997 January Layout with great scenery Lionel short stockcars
Classic Toy Trains January 1997
Cover Story
62 BUILD A LAYOUT WITH GREAT SCENERY
by Dave Frary
Here are masterful techniques from benchwork to ground cover in a brand-new traveling layout
70 DOC HOPPER'S LIONEL DISPLAY COLLECTION
by Ed McCurdy
This Doc's specialty is Lionel factory displays - and lots of beautiful, boxed trains
78 THE IDEAL LAYOUT
by Roger Carp
Bob Sherman, brilliant Lionel promotion and advertising man, designed his ideal layout a half century ago
84 A TOY TRAIN LAYOUT IN SEARCH OF "HI-RAIL" REALISM
by Joe Lesser
Bob Sanfilippo and Steve Horvath's layout shows us the direction many in the hobby are headed
92 TRANSFORMERS TAMED
by Dennis Eichenberg
Everything you wanted to know about transformers
98 FINDING A MARX FACTORY DISPLAY LAYOUT by Bert Adair
A great find, but Bert had to buy a truck to get it home
102 FLYER MILK CAR TUNE-UP
by John Heck
Tear down, fix up Flyer's operating milk cars
108 COLLECTING LIONEL 2650 FREIGHT CARS by Stuart Armstrong
Studying these late prewar Lionel beauties opens a window into Lionel production processes
114 TWO DOORS ARE ALL IT TAKES
by Jeff Merritt
How to put a couple of common doors to good use as the base for your portable layout
120 LIONEL'S SHORT STOCKCARS
by Michael Connor
These modern era meat movers are cheap classics
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