How to Submit Your Story: You can submit your story in a few different ways.1. Type it (double-spaced please) and mail a a copy to: Roger Carp, My Greatest Find, Classic Toy Trains, 21027 Crossroads Circle, Waukesha, WI, 53187-1622. Submit by ema  More » |

For nearly 80 years, toy train lovers of every age have associated the concept of accessories with models that magically use electricity to perform actions. Think about the best-loved accessories from the American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx catalogs  More » |

Joe Deger wrote this article along with Roger Carp on how collecting the tank cars in the postwar American Flyer S gauge line can be as rewarding and challenging as winning prizes on a TV quiz show. Subscribers can download this PDF and read the inte  More »

Let’s say you’ve got a ton of old Lionel track in your basement, or maybe someone is willing to give you a bunch for nothing. You want to build a layout, so you figure you can use this track to do it economically.However, when you get a closer lo  More »

Create your own Christmas train Tips on transforming your trains for a special layout from Philip K. Denslow. Christmas toy train track planLearn how to build this mu  More »

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On my layout, I am adding a row of 10 operating accessories: nos. 164 log loader, 175 rocket launcher, 342 culvert loader, 345 culvert unloader, 352 ice depot,  More »

Kent Johnson's Legacy Tip #1Just as I've done for other products reviewed in CTT, I put the Legacy system into service on my 14 x 48-foot O gauge layout.In the July issue  More »

Hillside, N.J., 1/26/2012 - Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc. has agreed to purchase all O scale structure tooling, as well as existing O scale structure inventory, from Wm.  More »