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Pages of 6 COLLECT FRANK Building family LIONEL WINTER MAGIC DISPLAYS It's always Christmas on this product p. 42 memories SINATRA’S compact layout p. 52 THREE GENERATIONS POOL THEIR reviews TALENTS TO MAKE A GREAT LAYOUT p. 34 » Lionel LionelChief ACTION, LAYOUT Plus Mikado p. 54 Ol’ Blue Eyes unwound with toy trains p. 38 » Williams by Bachmann REALISM, 44-tonner p. 56 » Lithographed building FUN! by Darstaed p. 58 SINATRA Inspiration from a trio VISITS A of great layouts TRAIN ■ STORE Modern railroading LIONEL’S p. 42 MUST-SEE takes center stage p. 38 WHEN MOM BEST SETS LAYOUTS Make a ■ Heavy industry GOT A DRYER, FROM 1965 p. 52 YOU CAN VISIT TUNNEL on a compact railroad p. 30 JUNIOR GOT 7 GREAT TIPS ■ » Want BIG fun? PORTAL p. 32 Practical ideas for A FLYER! p. 44 SELLING YOUR Join the club! p.28 p. 52 FOR LAYOUT a great layout COLLECTION? » See a layout built in S gauge layout p. 44 Read this first! p. 58 BUILDING a baggage car p. 34 for a new generation p. 48 PLUS Q & A p. 18 COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS p.23 PLUS! Track plan inspired by » Tour an all-in-one train store, WEEKEND WORKSHOP p. 61 TIPS & TECHNIQUES p. 74 500 STRUCTURES, museum, & layout p. 44 ONE OF A KIND p. 40 postwar catalogs p. 58 Lionel Train Master ONE GREAT S GAUGE LAYOUT p. 46 July September October November December INDEX Volume 28 • 2015

USING THE INDEX: Most feature material has been indexed three or more times: by the title under which it was published; under the author’s last name; and by subject, usually falling under one or more of the CTT subject categories. An asterisk (*) preceding an entry indicates a feature by its published title. CTT subject categories: CTT departments: • Accessories • How-to articles • Collectible Classics • Questions & Answers • Collectors/operators • Layout visits • Editor’s Desk • Tips, Tools, & Techniques • Construction and main- • Manufacturer • Product News • Views From The tenance • Scenery • Product Reviews Underground • Cover photos • Track plans • Photo Album • Weekend Workshop • Focus on Classics • Wiring • Historical

Cover, Jan; Dec Heavy industry in a basement, Oct p30 A Create a snowy scene, Jan p76 Introducing the Cumberland & Appalachian Algozzini, Joe, and Dave Christianson Guide to painting realistic bricks, Feb p34 RR, May p40 Collecting Lionel’s early postwar Prairies, Jul *Build a kid-friendly layout, Dec p31 Jason Capra’s layout, Oct p38 Accessories p40 *Build a multi-use siding, Mar p46 Layout rehab! May p32 ’s no. 768 oil supply depot, Dec Algozzini, Joe, and Roger Carp *Build the Lionel Lines, Dec p58 Lionel display holds a secret, Nov p26 p24 Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Lionel got it right, Sep p40 Repair Lionel’s modern-era round base accesso- Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Lionel’s infatuation with the Jersey Central, ries, May p59 Armstrong, Stuart C May, p48 Tips: American Flyer no. 751 log loader, Feb p82 Train set Lionel should have made, A, Oct p58 More than a hobby shop, Jul p44 Tips: Re-roofing a Marx whistling station, Sep Carp, Roger (See also Collectible Classics) O gauge layout built by friendship, Mar p41 p66 Back in action, Mar p32 One railroad and 500 structures, Nov p46 Weekend Workshop: Make an O gauge diner for B CTT readers share Lionel rarities, Feb p48 Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in only 9 bucks, Jul p52 Creating one of the greatest prewar displays, Marx’s community, Feb p62 Whistles gave life to American Flyer, Jul p50 *Back in action, Mar p32 Dec p37 Playing the perfect Lionel father, Feb p66 Adams, Harold Benford, Myron and William Rands Drawing a Flyer dream, Mar p58 Practical ideas for a great layout, Oct p52 Build a kid-friendly layout, Dec p31 Repair Lionel’s modern-era round base accesso- Father and son build a compact layout, Feb p42 Rx for stress, Dec p62 How to build a ’Toon Town house, Dec p34 ries, May p59 First shall be the best, The, Jan p46 Saving Lionel history – one display at a time, *Breaking ground with ’Streets, Oct p55 Frank Sinatra loved toy trains, Nov p38 Sep p42 Brennan, Dennis Frank Sinatra visits a store, Dec p42 Seven great layout building tips, Dec p44

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Showcasing with style Lionel’s colorful treasures Lonero, Chris, Jan p66 *Eight easy ways to enjoy your layout more, How-to from prewar days, Feb p56 Matejka, Mike, Dec p12 Nov p36 Add walkaround control to your layout, Mar p28 Snow’s falling on this layout, Dec p52 Miller, Mike, Mar p11 *Eight reasons to build a small layout, Oct p34 Breaking ground with ’Streets, Oct p55 Spend a weekend in New England, Nov p32 Mottola, Ron, May p14 *Father and son build a compact layout, Feb p42 Build a kid-friendly layout, Dec p31 Spirit of the West, Mar p38 Moylan, Harold, Mar p41 *Father, his sons, and their love of trains, A, Build a multi-use siding, Mar p46 Story behind a classic Lionel display layout, Mozingo, Charles, Jul p44 Jan p54 Create a snowy scene, Jan p76 The, Oct p26 Nolasco, Wayne Sr., Dec p13 *First shall be the best, The, Jan p46 Double-heading an unpowered Marx steamer, Story behind Lionel’s prewar no. 1103 Peter Nugent, Patrick and Lucas, Feb p42 May p74 Rabbit handcar, The, Mar p54 Panke, Richard, May p36 Focus on Classics Easy tunnel portals, Sep p32 Today’s top trains celebrate the past, Feb p36 Pellegrino, Ken, Dec p62 CTT readers share Lionel rarities, Feb P48 Eight reasons to build a small layout, Oct p34 Tour New England the Flyer way, Jan p58 Petersen, Steve, Sep p48 Collecting Lionel’s early postwar Prairies, Jul p40 Guide to painting realistic bricks, Feb p34 Trains for a younger generation, Sep p48 Pettijohn, Caryl, Jan p15 Drawing a Flyer dream, Mar p58 How to build a ’Toon Town house, Dec p34 Visit a layout in a baggage car, Jul p34 Plourde, Dave, Jan p58 Frank Sinatra visits a toy train store, Dec p42 How to detail car interiors, Sep p28 Want big-time fun? Join the club, Jul p28 Prendergast, Richard, Jul p9 Lionel display holds a secret, Nov p26 Johnny-come-lately uncoupler track, May p62 What fun we’ll have! Oct p48 Rasmussen, Richard and Bonnie, Jan p14 Lionel got it right, Sep p40 Make your own trees, Nov p30 When Mom got a dryer, Junior got a Flyer, Reeves, Paul, Nov p8 Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Realistic trees in an evening, Jan p64 Oct p44 Rice, Don, Feb p34 Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Repair Lionel’s modern-era round base Whistles gave life to American Flyer, Jul p50 Riddle, Peter, Nov p10 Lionel’s infatuation with the Jersey Central, accessories, May p59 World of memories in tinplate, A, Jan p66 Rosenbaum, Glen, Sep p10 May, p48 Selling your collection, Nov p58 Sanders, Dave, Dec p10 Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in Seven great layout building tips, Dec p44 Carp, Roger, and Joe Algozzini Schesny, Doris and John, Jan p15 Marx’s community, Feb p62 Six steps to blink-free passenger car Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Schneider, Robert, Mar p13 Playing the perfect Lionel father, Feb p66 lighting, May p52 Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Shughart, Larry, Mar p11; Nov p46 Rediscovering American Flyer’s no. 633 Stir it up! Oct p37 Sinatra, Frank, Nov p38 boxcars, May p54 Tips: Check your toy train’s speed, Nov p74 Carpenter, Terry L. Skidmore, Glenn, Jul p10; Dec p11 Saving Lionel history – One display at a time, Tips: Installing a rectifier, Jul p66 Christmas and Madison Hardware, Jan p73 Slater, Bob, May p12 Sep p42 Tips: Make a 4-cent circus wagon for your Smith, Scott, Oct p9 Story behind a classic Lionel display layout, The, tinplate flatcar, Dec p82 Chase, Richard A. Staley, Wayne, Dec p12 Oct p26 Tips: Re-roofing a Marx whistling station, Weekend Workshop, Jul p52 Stinson, Fred, May p10 Train set Lionel should have made, A, Oct p58 Sep p66 Strasburg Museum of Virginia, Mar p8 What fun we’ll have! Oct p48 Turn back the clock, Mar p44 Christianson, Dave, and Joe Algozzini Suess, Dick, Feb p12 When Mom got a dryer, Junior got a Flyer, Oct Weekend Workshop: Barricades for safety, Collecting Lionel’s early postwar Prairies, Tenney, Charles and Charlie, Feb p10 p44 Oct 61 Jul p40 Train Room of Hagerstown, Md., Jul p44 Whistles gave life to American Flyer, Jul p50 Weekend Workshop: Check your toy *Christmas and Madison Hardware, Jan p73 VanDevelde, Philip, Jan p10 *Frank Sinatra loved toy trains, Nov p38 train’s speed, Mar p62 *Clubs in your area, Jul p32 Venit, Stewart, Jul p11 *Frank Sinatra visits a toy train store, Dec p42 Weekend Workshop: Create some animation, Vollmer, Pete, May p34 Dec p68 Collectible Classics with Roger Carp Willis, Lee, Oct p52 Weekend Workshop: Make an O gauge diner American Flyer’s no. 768 oil supply depot, Yost, Bob, Mar p32 G-H-I for only 9 bucks, Jul p52 Dec p24 Zeames, Jim, Oct p30 American Flyer’s no. 946 floodlight car, Feb p29 *Guide to O gauge track 2015, Jan p36 *How to build a ’Toon Town house, Dec p34 Junior Bridge Co.’s no. 401 signal bridge, Jul p25 Construction & Maintenance (layout) *Guide to painting realistic bricks, Feb p34 *How to detail car interiors, Sep p28 Lionel’s no. 097 accessory set, May p29 Add walkaround control to your layout, Mar p28 Lionel’s no. 1656 steam engine and tender, Breaking ground with ’Streets, Oct p55 *Heavy industry in a basement, Oct p30 Huber, Paul G. Nov p23 Build a kid-friendly layout, Dec p31 Father, his sons, and their love of trains, A, Lionel’s no. 2348 Minneapolis & St. Louis GP9, Build a multi-use siding, Mar p46 Historical Jan p54 Mar p25 Build the Lionel Lines, Dec p58 American Flyer’s no. 768 oil supply depot, Lionel’s no. 6561 flatcar with cable reels, Oct p23 Easy tunnel portals, Sep p32 Dec p24 Hyland, Ed Marx’s Baltimore & Ohio cabooses, Jan p31 Eight easy ways to enjoy your layout more, American Flyer’s no. 946 floodlight car, Feb p29 Tips, Feb p82 Marx’s no. 8935 Monon diesel freight set, Nov p36 Christmas and Madison Hardware, Jan p73 Sep p24 Eight reasons to build a small layout, Oct p34 CTT readers share Lionel rarities, Feb P48 Intellisano, William Guide to O gauge track 2015, Jan p36 Collecting Lionel’s early postwar Prairies, Jul p40 Weekend Workshop, Feb p68 Collectors and operators Guide to painting realistic bricks, Feb p34 Creating one of the greatest prewar displays, Weekend Workshop, Oct p61 Adams, Harold, Dec p30 How to build a ’Toon Town house, Dec p34 Dec p37 Atonna, Peter, Feb p56 Johnny-come-lately uncoupler track, May p62 Drawing a Flyer dream, Mar p58 *Introducing the Cumberland & Appalachian Atwood, Carl, May p12 Realistic trees in an evening, Jan p64 Father and son build a compact layout, Feb p42 RR, May p40 Baker, Bill, May p11 Repair Lionel’s modern-era round base Father, his sons, and their love of trains, A, Battista, Rich, May p38 accessories, May p59 (American Flyer), Jan p54 Beattie, Jack, Sep p8 Scenery the old-fashioned way, Nov p49 Frank Sinatra loved toy trains, Nov p38 J-K-L Boothe Memorial Railway Society, May p14 Seven great layout-building tips, Dec p44 Frank Sinatra visits a toy train store, Dec p42 Boston Metro Hi-Railers, Sep p9 Ten essential elements for building a great toy Junior Bridge Co.’s no. 401 signal bridge, Jul p25 *Johnny-come-lately uncoupler track, May p62 Boyd, Erik, Jan p11 train layout with children, Feb p46 Lionel display holds a secret, Nov p26 Burgess, Bo, Jan p46 Ten useful ways to add realism, Mar p36 Lionel got it right, Sep p40 Keller, Bob (See also Product News, Burke, Jim, Mar p8 Weekend Workshop: Create some animation, Lionel, serendipity, and Minuteman missiles, Product Reviews) Burwell, Doug, Oct p10 Dec p68 Feb p52 Guide to O gauge track 2015, Jan p36 Campbell, Dave, Sep p12 What Lee can teach you in 8 lessons, Oct p57 Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Koethe, John Canfield, Bob and Pat, Jul p11 Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Poem: Frank Sinatra’s trains, Nov p45 Capra, Jason, Jul p8; Oct p38 Cover photos Lionel’s infatuation with the Jersey Central, Carroll, Mark, Feb p13 Battista, Rich, May May p48 *Layout rehab!, May p32 Coye, Ed, Jan p11; Nov p32 Brennan, Dennis, Jan; Dec Lionel’s no. 097 accessory set, May p29 Devenuto, Nick Jr., Dec p13 Capra, Jason, Oct Lionel’s no. 1656 steam engine and tender, Layout visits (By owner. T indicates track plan Dill, Alfred, Jul p10 Dole, Fred, Feb Nov p23 included, followed by gauge or scale designation.) Dorsett, Jim, May p40 Peterson, Gordon, Sep Lionel’s no. 2348 Minneapolis & St. Louis GP9, Adams, Harold (T,O), Dec p30 Edgerton Model Railroad Club, Nov p9 Piekney, William, Mar Mar p25 Atonna, Peter (T,Standard, O), Feb p56 Engel, John, Feb p10 Saliture, Rebecca, Nov Lionel’s no. 6561 flatcar with cable reels, Oct p23 Burgess, Bo (T,O), Jan p46 Feltus, Leonard II, Jan p10 Zuback, William, Jul Marx’s Baltimore & Ohio cabooses, Jan p31 Capra, Jason (T,O), Oct p38 Freeburger, Barron, Oct p11 *CTT readers share Lionel rarities, Feb p48 Marx’s no. 8935 Monon diesel freight set, Coye, Ed (T,O), Nov p32 Fresch, Glenn, Dec p11 Sep p24 Dorsett, Jim (T,O), May p40 Gaffner, Mark, Sep p42 Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in Finkelstein Family (T,O), Sep p34 Gaglio, Pat and Mike, Dec p52 D-E-F Marx’s community, Feb p62 Futules, Nick (T,O), Dec p44 Garofalo, Steve, Feb p13 Playing the perfect Lionel father, Feb p66 Gaglio, Pat and Mike (T,O), Dec p52 Gergely, John, Oct p9 DiMenna, William Rediscovering American Flyer’s no. 633 Keiser, Donald (T,O), Mar p38 Gibson, Jim, Sep p10 *Realistic trees in an evening, Jan p64 boxcars, May p54 Lonero, Chris (T, Standard, O), Jan p66 Godzisz, Steve, Oct p10 Dole, Fred, Cover, Feb Saving Lionel history – One display at a Moylan, Harold (T,O), Mar p48 Gralnik, Stuart, Mar p8 *Easy tunnel portals, Sep p32 time, Sep p42 Mozingo, Charles (T,O), Jul p44 Hart, Vernon, Nov p10 Story behind a classic Lionel display layout, The, Nugent, Patrick and Lucas, (T,O), Feb p42 Holcomb, Neil, May p10 Editor’s Desk Oct p26 Pellegrino, Ken (T, O), Dec p62 Hollingworth, Steven, Sep p12 Best start: How to get the most from a great Story behind Lionel’s prewar no. 1103 Peter Petersen, Steve (T, S), Sep, p51 Finkelstein Family, Sep p34 hobby, The, Jan p4 Rabbit handcar, The, Mar p54 Plourde, Dave (T,S), Jan p58 Futules, Nick, Dec p44 Child’s play, Dec p4 Train set Lionel should have made, A, Oct p58 Rice, Don (T,O), Feb p34 Jacoby, Jim and Phyllis, Oct p8 Great reading ahead, Sep p4 What fun we’ll have! Oct p48 Shughart, Larry (T,S), Nov p46 Jacquette, James, Feb p12 Lionel and Frank Sinatra, Nov p4 When Mom got a dryer, Junior got a Flyer, Sinatra, Frank (O), Nov p38 Jester, Curt, Jan p14 Memory lane, Oct p4 Oct p44 Strasburg Museum of Virginia (T,O), Jul p34 Johnson, Terry, Nov p11 New & improved! Mar p4 Whistles gave life to American Flyer, Jul p50 Train Room of Hagerstown, Md. (T,O), Jul p44 Jones, Charlie, Mar p13 Summer of trains, A, Jul p4 Willis, Lee (T,O), Oct p52 Keiser, Donald, Mar p38 Trainload of fun, A, May p4 Yost, Bob (T,O), Mar p32 Kresge, Neil, Sep p8 Wow factor, The, Feb p4 Zeames, Jim (T,O), Oct p30 INDEX O and S gauge for the operator and collector

*Lionel got it right, Sep p40 Boston Metro Hi-Railers (O gauge layout), Woodland Scenics, Nov p13 RailKing, Jul p15 *Lionel, serendipity, and Minuteman missiles, Sep p9 Fire tower kit, O, Korber Models, Feb p20 Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-11, S, American Feb p52 Boyd, Erik (O gauge layout), Jan p11 Industrial Rail-to-O transition track, O, Atlas O Models, Dec p17 *Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Burke, Jim (Standard gauge layout), Mar p8 Industrial Rail, Jan p23 New York Central Alco FA2 A-A set, O, Lionel, *Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Burwell, Doug (O gauge layout), Oct p10 Just Plug lighting system, all scales, Woodland Sep p15 Campbell, Dave (S gauge layout), Sep p12 Scenics, Feb p17 Seaboard Coast Line EMD SD45, O, MTH Canfield, Bob and Pat (O gauge layout), Jul p11 Legacy Apple iPad interface, Lionel, Jan p19 Premier, May p17 M Capra, Jason (O gauge layout), Jul p8 Light bulb replacement kit, Bryant Bennett, Texas Special Alco FA2 A-A set, O, Williams Carroll, Mark (O gauge layout), Feb p13 Jan p23 by Bachmann, Nov p12 *Make your own trees, Nov p30 Coye, Ed (O gauge Christmas scene), Jan p11 Menards Hobby Shop assembled structure, O, Devenuto, Nick Jr. (O gauge layout), Dec p13 Menards, May p18 News photos: Locomotives electric and motor- Mania, Joe (See Q&A) Dill, Alfred (S and O gauge layout), Jul p10 Milwaukee Road assembled shed, O, ized units Edgerton Model Railroad Club of Rochester, Menards, Jan p19 E-Z Street Circus clown police car, O, Manufacturer N.Y. (O gauge layout) Nov p9 Modern concrete industrial building kits, O, Williams by Bachmann, Feb p17 American Flyer: Engel, John, (O gauge Christmas scene), Feb p10 Korber Models, Oct p12 American Flyer’s no. 768 oil supply depot, Feltus, Leonard II (O gauge Christmas layout), Norfolk & Western Norwood, Ohio, freight News photos: Locomotives, steam Dec p24 Jan p10 station kit, O, River Leaf Models, Jul p16 Pennsylvania RR L1-class 2-8-2, O, MTH American Flyer’s no. 946 floodlight car, Feb p29 Freeburger, Barron (O gauge layout), Oct p11 Peerless Rooming House structure kit, O, River RailKing Imperial, Sep p15 Drawing a Flyer dream, Mar p58 Fresch, Glenn (O gauge layout), Dec p11 Leaf Models, Sep p18 Pennsylvania RR USRA 0-6-0 switcher, O, Rediscovering American Flyer’s no. 633 Garofalo, Steve (O gauge layout), Feb p13 Quonset hut assembled structure, O, Menards, MTH RailKing, Feb p16 boxcars, May p54 Gergely, John (O gauge layout), Oct p9 Jul p16 Santa Fe 2-8-2 Mikado, O, Lionel LionChief Tips: American Flyer no. 751 log loader, Feb p82 Gibson, Jim (O gauge layout), Sep p10 Quonset hut kit, O, Korber Models, Mar p17 Plus, May p16 When Mom got a dryer, Junior got a Flyer, Godzisz, Steve (O gauge layout), Oct p10 Rural depot assembled structure, O, Woodland Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger, O, MTH Oct p44 Gralnik, Stuart (O gauge layout), Mar p8 Scenics, Sep p15 RailKing, Jan p18 Whistles gave life to American Flyer, Jul p50 Hart, Vernon (O gauge layout), Nov p10 Sand tower kit, O, Korber Models, Jul p15 Western Maryland H9-class 2-8-0 Holcomb, Neil (S gauge layout), May p10 Seed ‘n Feed assembled structure, O, Menards, Consolidation, O, MTH Premier, Dec p17 Lionel: Hollingworth, Steven (Standard gauge layout), Jul p14 Collecting Lionel’s early postwar Prairies, Sep p12 Sennebogen 8130 EQ Balancer Material Handler, News photos: Miscellany/Scenery/Layout July p40 Jacoby, Jim and Phyllis (O gauge layout), Oct p8 O, 3000toys.com, Mar p19 details Creating one of the greatest prewar displays, Jacquette, James (S gauge layout), Feb p12 Single-track tin lithographed engine shed kit, ATV and cargo loaders, Menards, July p18 Dec p37 Jester, Curt (O gauge Christmas scene), Jan p14 Darstaed Trains, May p17 Five-rail switch plans, Standard gauge/O, CTT readers share Lionel rarities, Feb p48 Johnson, Terry (O gauge layout), Nov p11 Trestle supports, O, Over The Top Trestles, Richard Reichard, Jan p18 Lionel display holds a secret, Nov p26 Jones, Charlie (O gauge layout), Mar p13 Feb p18 Illuminated die-cast ambulance, O, Menards, Lionel got it right, Sep p40 Kresge, Neil (O gauge layout), Sep p8 Turntable mechanism, O, Millhouse River Stu- Nov p14 Lionel, serendipity, and Minuteman missiles, Matejka, Mike (O gauge Christmas layout), dios, Jan p21 Menards die-cast Ford flatbed delivery truck, O, Feb p52 Dec p12 Dec p20 Lionel sets for 1965, Nov p52 Miller, Mike (O gauge layout), Mar p11 News photos: Books/CDs/DVDs/prints Menards die-cast Mack flatbed delivery truck, O, Lionel trains for 1945, Jan p40 Mottola, Ron (O gauge layout), May p14 British Toy Trains, Michael D. Foster, Nov p14 Lionel’s infatuation with the Jersey Central, Nolasco, Wayne Sr., (S gauge layout), Dec p13 self-published, Oct p16 Railroad commemorative rifle, Henry Repeating May, p48 Pettijohn, Caryl (Standard gauge layout), Jan p15 Chicago: America’s Railroad Capital, Voyageur Arms Co., Sep p16 Lionel’s no. 097 accessory set, May p29 Prendergast, Richard (O gauge layout), Jul p9 Press, Feb p20 Smoke fluid, JT’s Mega-Steam, Nov p13 Lionel’s no. 1656 steam engine and tender, Rasmussen, Richard and Bonnie (O gauge Classic Railroad Signals, Voyageur Press, Vinyl cribbing, HO/O, Chooch Enterprises, Nov p23 Christmas layout), Jan p14 Nov p16 Dec p20 Lionel’s no. 2348 Minneapolis & St. Louis GP9, Reeves, Paul (O gauge layout), Nov p8 Comprehensive Catalog of American Flyer by Volvo L60G loader, 1:50, 3000Toys.com, Mar p25 Riddle, Peter (O gauge layout), Nov p10 Lionel 1979-2014, Gary Clark, self-published, Jan p21 Lionel’s no. 6561 flatcar with cable reels, Oct p23 Rosenbaum, Glen (O gauge layout), Sep p10 Mar p14 Story behind a classic Lionel display layout, The, Sanders, Dave (O gauge layout), Dec p10 Gilbert News, The, DVD, Robert Osterhoff, News photos: Rolling stock, custom-decorated Oct p26 Schesny, Doris and John (O gauge Christmas Trainpaper.com, Oct p16 Belfast & Moosehead Lake hopper (Maine Story behind Lionel’s prewar no. 1103 Peter layout), Jan p15 Greenberg’s Guide to Lionel Trains Standard and 2 3-Railers), O, Weaver Models, Jan p19 Rabbit handcar, The, Mar p54 Schneider, Robert (O gauge layout), Mar p13 7⁄8-inch Gauges, Brinkmann Publishing, Mar Canadian National trailer on flatcar (Canadian Train set Lionel should have made, A, Oct p58 Shughart, Larry (S gauge layout), Mar p11 p17; May p16 Toy Train Association), O, Weaver Models, Oct What fun we’ll have! Oct p48 Skidmore, Glenn (Standard and O gauge Greenberg’s Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide p14 display), Jul p10; Dec p11 1901-2016, Kalmbach Publishing Co., Dec p16 Christmas 2015 boxcar (Lionel Collectors Club Marx Slater, Bob (O gauge layout), May p12 Lionel D-206 dealer banner reproduction, of America), O, Lionel, Oct p12 Double-heading an unpowered Marx steamer, Smith, Scott (O gauge layout), Oct p9 Madison Poster Co., Nov p12 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR boxcar (Desert May p74 Staley, Wayne (O gauge layout), Dec p12 Lionel Prewar Operating Manuals VI – 1918- Division of Train Collectors Association), O, Marx’s Baltimore & Ohio cabooses, Jan p31 Stinson, Fred (O gauge layout), May p10 1942, DVD, Robert Osterhoff, Trainpaper.com, Lionel, Mar p19 Marx’s no. 8935 Monon diesel freight set, Strasburg Museum of Virginia (O gauge Feb p16 Detroit & Mackinac boxcar (Southeastern Mich Sep p24 layout), Mar p8 Lionel Trains: Best Layouts and Store Displays, igan S Gaugers), S, Lionel, Oct p13, Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in Suess, Dick (O gauge layout), Feb p12 Classic Toy Trains magazine, Nov p14 Long Island RR hoppers (Nassau Lionel Operat Marx’s community, Feb p62 Tenney, Charles and Charlie (O gauge Model Railroader’s Guide to Grain, The, Jeff ing Engineers), O, Lionel, Jul p18 Re-roofing a Marx whistling station, Sep p66 Christmas tree layout), Feb p10 Wilson, Kalmbach Publishing Co., May p16 Long Island RR trailer on flatcar (Railroad VanDevelde, Philip (O gauge Christmas Modern O Gauge Remote Control Part 1: Museum of Long Island), O, Lionel, Sep p15 Other manufacturers layout), Jan p10 Lionel TMCC and Legacy Basics, DVD, TM Milwaukee Road auto frame on flatcar (Milwau Junior Bridge Co. Venit, Stewart (O gauge layout), Jul p11 Books & Video, Dec p18 kee Lionel Railroad Club), O, Lionel, May p16 Junior Bridge Co.’s no. 401 signal bridge, Jul p25 Willis, Lee (O gauge layout), Sep p8 Modifying and Scratch Building O Gauge ’Streets Monsanto Chemicals single-dome tank car Plasticville Wisniewski, Mark (O gauge layout), Nov p9 Vehicles, H. Lee Willis, self-published, Mar p15 (S-Fest), S, Lionel, Oct p14 Plastics – in one word, Mar p27 O Scale Builder’s Reference, Scale Dimensions, Nickel Plate Road caboose, (Stockyard Express), Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in *Plasticville buildings meet tinplate rails in May p18 O, MTH Premier line, May p20 Marx’s community, Feb p62 Marx’s community, Feb p62 Plasticville USA Catalogs, DVD, Robert Northwest Fruit Growers refrigerator car (Lowell *Playing the perfect Lionel father, Feb p66 Osterhoff, Trainpaper.com, Oct p13 Smith Series), O, Atlas O, May p18 *More than a hobby shop, Jul p44 *Poem: Frank Sinatra’s trains, Nov p45 Rail Dynamics (Sounds of the New York Central), CD, Smithsonian Folkways Music Series, News photos: Rolling stock, freight Pomeroy, Steven Oct p16 Alaska RR flatcar with lumber, O, Menards, N-O-P Lionel, serendipity, and Minuteman missiles, Feb ’Streets for O Gauge Model Railroads, H. 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