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Contents: See Roadside America, Part 1 (Pennsylvania’s landmark public toy train display had a humble start 60 years ago); Lionel’s Electronic Set (High-tech toy trains in 1946 meant radio waves and vacuum tubes); Manufacturer Visit: Weaver Models (Weaver Models has found a home in the O gauge market and in rural Pennsylvania); Streamliner Inspired Layout (David Simon’s prewar Lionel steamliner is the link between his childhood and his picturesque O gauge layout); Kitbashed Lionel Buildings (Build a quartet of individualized structures from Lionel plastic kits); A Sistine Chapel Of Trains (Alberto Gavasci and his son believe that how you display your collection is as important as what you collect); Repair Lionel’s Fueling Stations (While outwardly alike, postwar and modern-era diesel fueling stations have very different mechanisms); Make Junk Cars (Need some junk cars for your layout? You can make dozens of ’em with aluminum foil); A Real Postwar Track Plan (Build your own layout just like the one featured on the cover of a Model Trains magazine from 1955) Departments – Editor’s Desk (Help is needed for the World’s Greatest Hobby); Correspondence (“Thrice around” track plan, Audio-Engineer, X cars); News & Notes (World’s Greatest Hobby campaign, auction at Lionel factory, Weaver “American Flyer” passenger cars, MTH Collector Series); Point Of View (Just what size is O gauge?); Product News (Trackless rail system, Marx freight cars. MTH Flyer-style coaling tower, Video Cam Train); Questions & Answers (Madison car repairs, holes in floor of Lionel gondolas, mystery postwar set, whistle rectifiers); Talkin’ Toy Trains (Where and when to lubricate trains); Product Reviews (American Models S gauge Torpedo steamer, Lionel 4-8-2 steamer, K-Line PA diesels, MTH Premier FA diesels, Lionel new ZW transformers, Lionel forklift loader, Atlas O structures); Events (Upcoming shows and events); Ad Index; Collectible Classics (Lionel’s MPC-era Mini-Max railcar broke new ground)
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Condition: Very Good