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December 2002

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In the pages of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine you'll find information about building, operating, and enhancing toy train layouts; track plans, repair and maintenance tips, profiles of collectible postwar and prewar trains, and more.

Features
BUILD A HOLIDAY LAYOUT FROM STYROFOAM SHEETS
By Mark Edwards
This clever ring-shaped layout can be built entirely from plastic foam with just a few hours of work.
pg. 50
LAYOUT LOOK-BACK
The final installment of our look back at layouts published in the first 15 years of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine focuses on Christmas.
pg. 56
PUT MTH CATENARY ON YOUR LAYOUT
By Neil Besougloff
MTH's catenary set offers flexibility right out of the box.
pg. 58
BUILDING HOLIDAY SPIRIT
By Bob Keller
You can build a Christmas layout just like the Coleman family.
pg. 62
MAKE AN ELEVATED BRIDGE LINE
By Dick Teal
Simple wood components create the look of girder bridges.
pg. 66
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
By John A. Grams
Your photos of toy trains around the tree.
pg. 68
VISIT A PRO-BUILT LAYOUT
By Paul J. Dolkos
Today, Jack Fox is "old enough to play" with his custom-built O gauge layout.
pg. 70
THE BEST DIESELS LIONEL NEVER MADE
By Len Carparelli
Green Alco diesels lead this "newly minted" postwar set.
pg. 76
DREAM COLLECTION
By Roger Carp
Joe Grzyboski has the postwar trains everyone wants.
pg. 80
DEVELOPING FLYER'S OIL DRUM LOADER
By Ted E. Hamler
A mysterious and prolific outsider created one of American Flyer's most enduring accessories.
pg. 84
HOW TO WIRE A CROSSING GATE AND SIGNAL
By Louis Koumoundouros
How to wire Lionel's crossing gate and signal three different ways.
pg. 89
Departments
Editor's Desk
Correspondence
News & Notes
Point of View
Product News
K-Line's American Freedom Train, Kramer Products animated workers, S gauge Frisco cars
Questions & Answers
Talkin' Toy Trains
Product Reviews
K-Line Pennsylvania steam starter set
Events
Ad Index
Collectible Classics
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