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Classic Toy Trains 1997 March Richard Kughn Lionel display Railway Post office
Classic Toy Trains March 1997
Cover Story
50 RICHARD KUGHN'S LIONEL DISPLAY
by Roger Carp
The man who owned Lionel for a decade and who many say saved the company has built his dream Lionel layout. CTT visits Richard Kughn's incredible Carail collection and layout.
58 BRINGING BACK A BIG BERK - PART II
by Terry Thompson
Our project Berk gets some fresh paint and all the trimmings.
62 TINPLATE PROTOTYPE
THE RAILWAY POST OFFICE CAR
by Carl Byron
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail shall stay the RPO car from its appointed rounds of snagging the daily mail.
64 A COLLECTION BUILT ON A BUDGET
by Tom Schumacher
Tom discovered he didn't have to spend a fortune to build a valuable collection if he just sought the beauty in what others were passing up.
70 CLASSIC RAILROADS
A NEW SERIES
Yankee to the core, the Boston & Maine RR would be a beauty to model.
72 THE COMING OF REALISM TO LIONEL by John Grams
The advent of realistic trains and hi-rail layouts isn't all that new - Lionel's founder, J. L. Cowen, turned to realism in the 1930s to revitalize his company.
84 BUILDING A YARD OFFICE
by Douglas Woodward
Seen one yard office, seen 'em all - and here's how to make this essential bit of railroadiana.
92 CTT VISITS THE RICH-ART CO.
by S. Marshall Poindexter and George Hall
Dick Mayer's old fashioned machine shop turns out reproductions much as the originals were made.
102 MONORAIL MANIA
by George Hall
Chuck Brasher has a beautiful collection of prewar toy trains, but the first thing he's likely to show you are his quirky, rare monorails.
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