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Classic Toy Trains 1999 July Repainted Lionel Train Masters how to spot UP Layou
Classic Toy Trains July 1999
54 Build the "Ideal" Lionel layout
BY CARL SWANSON WITH ROBERT HEFFNER
Toy train research brings a classic 52year-old postwar layout drawing to life.
COVER STORY
60 How to spot repainted Lional Train Masters
BY LEN CARPARLLI
Identifying original Train Masters from repaints can be easy using these tips.
64 Keeping two Flyer trainmen hard at work
BY JEFF FAUST
American Flyer's Smitty the Walking Brakeman car and Action Caboose both feature animated crewmen that are simple to repair.
70 The road of anthracite
BY GEORGE HALL
The Lackawanna Railroad inspired John Scully's stunning hi-rail layout.
78 Never a train collector - well, sort of
BY STAN MERRITT
Accessories, not the trains themselves, were the start of Stan Merritt's well-rounded prewar collection.
84 Lights and a smoking g for Columbia Station
BY LEE VANDE VISSE
Realistic lighting and a smoking chimney are simple additions that give any railroad structure an added dimension of distinction
90 Marx of distinction
BY FRED PAULING
A few twists in Marx lithography created a world of variations for tinplate toy train collectors.
95 Lionel's blackened trim mystery
BY STUART ARMSTRONG
In the late prewar years Lionel replaced nickel-plated trim with blackened steel trim on its tinplate rolling stock. Was it a move toward realism or a just material shortage?
98 Union Pacific: Unlimited Power
BY CARL
The wide open West is great for big-time toy train modeling.
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