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Classic Toy Trains 2000 January 100 years Lionel trains Lionel Disney
Classic Toy Trains January 2000
68 Trains at Duayne's place
BY GEORGE HALL
Duayne Weinger's showplace layout features the best of new and old trains.
76 Little collectibles mean a lot
BY ROGER CARP
Buz and Norma Ray have built a fantastic collection by paying attention to Lionel's peripheral items.
82 Flyer's All Aboard modular sets
BY COMMODORE HUTCHINSON
In its waning days, Gilbert introduced an innovative line of train sets.
90 Time line tribute
BY NEIL BESOUGLOFF
A century of Lionel people, places, and trains.
98 Golden touch 1958
BY JACK SOMMERFELD
A still-boxed freight set defines Lionel's best postwar years.
100 Trains of my childhood
BY JOHN GRAMS
For the author, real toy trains are made from metal, not plastic.
COVER STORY
102 Four trains that say Lionel
BY NEIL, BESOUGLOFF WITH BOB KELLER
The 700 electric, 226 steamer, F3 diesel, and the modern Dash-9 embody Lionel's century of train production.
114 Postwar catalog dioramas
BY MICHAEL JORDAN
Four displays bring the pages of postwar Lionel catalogs to life.
118 Handcars in history
BY DAVE MCENTARFER
Mickey Mouse and friends were stars for Lionel during the Great Depression.
122 Storing memories
BY HARRY WHELAND RADO
"Poppa" sold refrigerators, toasters and Lionel trains in his Manhattan store.
125 Lionel's top 10: the air whistle
BY BOB KELLER
We asked readers to list Lionel's all-time most significant developments. At number 10 is the air whistle.
127 Lionel's top 10: the milk car
BY BOB KELLER
At no. 9 in our reader survey of Lionel's top developments is the operating milk car.
132 Personal touch layout
BY SKIP NATOLL
An updated layout based on a postwar dealer display captures the essence of toy trains.
140 Servicing animated gondolas
BY RAY L. PLUMMER
A few adjustments will keep your hobo on the run.
144 Bright idea: constant voltage lights
By DON WOODWELL
Constant voltage lighting kits offer an easy way to boost the realism of your trains.
148 Pop's postwar track plan
BY ANTHONY DILAPI
This action-packed plan is based on a 1949 original first published in the Train Layout Planning
150 Book for Pop
BY WILL GROVENDER
Make a wheel puller BY WILL GROVENDER Modifying an inexpensive car battery terminal puller does the trick.
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