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Contents: Lionel’s Big Postwar Hudsons (Everything you need to know about these two no. 773 Hudson steam locomotives); Build Rock Scenery From Ceiling Tiles (11 simple steps to make rock walls for your layout); American Flyer Whistling Billboards (How to identify the A.C. Gilbert Co.’s clever whistling billboards); How To Repair Whistling Billboards (Repair tips and an exploded drawing to keep your American Flyer billboard in tune); Department 56 Meets 42nd Street (Visiting Eliot Weisman’s 24-by 33-foot O gauge layout is like walking the sidewalks of New York); Stalling On Switches (Three troubleshooting tips for locomotives that lose power on track switches); ‘Beeps’ That Won’t Stall (How to stretch the electrical reach of the diminutive “Beep” locomotives); 10 Tips To Make A Better Layout (Good advice for all toy train layouts, new and old); Moving Beyond Green Paint (Lee and Peggy Hodgson shared their skills to build a 16- by 32-foot walk-in layout); Bridging The Gap (This O gauge plan features a narrow bridge connecting two lobes) Departments – Editor’s Desk; Correspondence; Photo Album; News & Notes; Product News (Atlas O GP60 diesel; Lionel FasTrack operating track gang; Z-Stuff for trains crossing gates; Santana’s Miniatures “bubble cars”; MTH Alco FA diesel; AM Hobbies special-run Lackawanna switcher; K-Line Coke machine); Questions & Answers; Product Reviews (K-Line O gauge Shay steamer; K-Line $49 O gauge Geep; MTH 3-rail/2-rail Norfolk & Western steamer; American Flyer S gauge switcher; MTH Rail King 0-4-0); Events; Ad Index; Collectible Classics
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Condition: Very Good