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INDEX Volume 20 • 2007

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A Accessories FasTrack and die-cast vehicles score top marks, Sep p75 Lionel’s figures and their heirs, Feb p57 Piecing together a Lionel no. 182 magnetic crane, Sep p52 Realistic signals shine brightly, May p75 Algozzini, Joe Internet buyers beware! Mar p60 Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct p38 *All about Super O track, Jan p52 *American Flyer coupler converter, May p73 *American Flyer legacy, Jan p58 Andrews, Karl Runaway relay control, Sep p73 Armstrong, Stuart Common trains, rarely cataloged, Dec p92

B Besougloff, Neil Command control is top trend, Jan p81 Dusty dogbone design, Jul p58 FasTrack up-and-over oval, Oct p66 From prewar to the digital age, Jan p66 Step-by-step track plan, Mar p74 20 fast wiring tips, Nov p44 2 sheets to grow on, Sep p50 *Best of both worlds, Oct p68 Beyer, Keith Operating Lionel’s early Alcos, May p56 Operating Lionel’s 1950 no. 773 Hudson, May p50 Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May p53 *Big, fast, and basic, Feb p46 *Big steam makes a big impact, Mar p79 Bigliardi, Rick Make your own operating helicopter car, Dec p82 Brennan, Dennis Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry., Dec p46 Make a realistic roadway crossing, Jan p56 *Brute stops here, The, May p64 *Build a modern highway overpass, Oct p48 *Build a multi-level Christmas tree layout, Dec p76 *Build an O and S gauge crossing, Jul p72 *Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry., Dec p46

C Carp, Roger American Flyer legacy, Jan p58 Best of both worlds, Oct p68 Brute stops here, The, May p64 Clever track plan and great scenery, Oct p52 CTT visits an innovative custom layout builder, Oct p60 Great details on a mid-sized layout, Mar p52 Holiday without trains? Unthinkable! Dec p56 How two friends built an American Flyer layout, Nov p89 Internet buyers beware! Mar p60 Jumbo trains on a big layout, Mar p68 Kent Oram’s stunning vision of the west, Nov p48 Keystone State on a small scale, Jul p64 King of the garage, Jul p40 Landscape of memories, Dec p64 Layout for King Louis (of Marx), A, Nov p72 Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct p38 Memories of the Lionel Rail Road Company, Sep p56 Odyssey in O gauge, Mar p39 Polar Express tops the list of key train sets, The, Feb p79 Practically perfect collection of prewar trains, A, Nov p82 Prewar paradise, Feb p74 Prize Lionel display, Jan p76 Scale passenger cars surpassed other rolling stock, Jul p75 7 days to see this toy-rail layout before it was demolished, Sep p62 Small is beautiful, Mar p46 Standard gauge for the holidays and the entire year, Jan p72 Super Lionel layout! Jan p45 Take a ride on the Root River & Southern, Jul p50 28 layout tips, Feb p40 Uncompromising O gauge layout, Feb p58 Carparelli, Len All about Super O track, Jan p52 Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The,

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Feb p48 20 helpful layout tips, Nov p58 Cars Mighty little ore car, The, Dec p70 Nutty Flyer collectible, Mar p77 *Chesterfield Trunk & Terminal, The, Nov p69 *Clever track plan and great scenery, Oct p52 Collectible Classics American Flyer’s no. 766 animated station and operating coach, Sep p98 American Flyer’s no. 979 deluxe action caboose, Jan p114 American Flyer’s no. 21573 New Haven EP-5, Dec p113 Lionel’s no. 279E Silver Streak outfit, Jul p98 Lionel’s no. 671 steam turbine, Nov p129 Lionel’s no. 6445 Fort Knox gold reserve car, Oct p98 Lionel’s no. 6464-75 Rock Island boxcar, Mar p106 Lionel’s no. 18846 Centennial GP9, Feb p106 Marx’s unnumbered military sets, May p98 Collectors/operators Aventura Mall, Nov p56 Besougloff, Neil, Sep p62 Blischok, Thom, Jan p72 Brennan, Dennis, Dec p46 Brownsey, Bob, Feb p40 Fisch, Robert, Feb p74 Freeman, Dick, Oct p52 Garofalo, Steve, Jan p44 Grande, Paul, Oct p68 Halvorsen, George, Nov p72 Hildebrand, Bill, Dec p64 Ilyinsky, Paul, May p38 Jioia, Daniel, Mar p52 Keller, Rob, Jan p58 Kloes, Dick, Jul p50 Oram, Kent, Nov p48 Prelee, Mike, Sep p42 Prendeville, Ed, Nov p82 Rost, Allen, Feb p58 Schilsky, Ted, May p68 Solli, Ralph and Kaufman, Martin, Nov p90 Studier, Bob, Jul p40 Tolby, Mark, Jan p76 West, Jeff, Mar p46 Young, Fred, Jul p64 Zemanek, Tom, Mar p68 *Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 *Command control for your layout, Oct p77 *Command control is top trend, Jan p81 *Common trains, rarely cataloged, Dec p92 Concept and commentary All about Super O track, Jan p52 Big steam makes a big impact, Mar p79 Command control for your layout, Oct p77 Command control is top trend, Jan p81 CTT visits an innovative custom layout builder, Oct p60 CTT’s staff chooses its 10 finest layouts, Nov p62 Directional lighting for your MTH subway set, Feb p70 FasTrack and die-cast vehicles score top marks, Sep p75 From prewar to the digital age, Jan p66 Handbook on layout wiring, Sep p36 How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 Internet buyers beware! Mar p60 Just add water, Mar p42 Lionel’s scale F3 diesel resonates with readers, Nov p99 Make your own operating helicopter car, Dec p82 Measure the power of toy trains, Jul p56 Operating Lionel’s early Alcos, May p56 Operating Lionel’s 1950 no. 773 Hudson, May p50 Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May p53 Polar Express tops the list of key train sets, The, Feb p79 Realistic signals shine brightly, May p75 Remote operation for electro-couplers, Oct p59 Retro-review section: Postwar runners, May p49 Runaway relay control, Sep p73 Sandblast your way to a superb restoration, Jul p60 Scale passenger cars surpassed other rolling stock, Jul p75 Smart selling on the Internet, Sep p49 Step-by-step track plan, Mar p74 Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 Surplus city, Sep p70 20 easy scenery tips, Nov p78 20 helpful layout tips, Nov p58

20 fast wiring tips, Nov p44 Two trains, one track, no collisions! Oct p74 Working with tubular track, May p46 Connor, Michael Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 Construction and maintenance Build a modern highway overpass, Oct p48 Build a multi-level Christmas tree layout, Dec p76 Build an O and S gauge crossing, Jul p72 Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry., Dec p46 CTT visits an innovative custom layout builder, Oct p60 Make a realistic roadway crossing, Jan p56 Make a smoother-running rail truck, Mar p64 Make a tall trestle the fast way, Jul p36 Make an MTH battery charger, Sep p60 Make your own operating helicopter car, Dec p82 Runaway relay control, Sep p73 Servicing Lionel’s modern ZW controller, Feb p66 Servicing Lionel’s postwar-style J-class steamers, Jul p46 Cover photos Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry., Dec Handbook on layout wiring, Sep Just add water, Mar Kent Oram’s stunning vision of the west, Nov Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The, Feb Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct Make a tall trestle the fast way, Jul Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May Super Lionel layout! Jan *CTT visits an innovative custom layout builder, Oct p60 *CTT’s staff chooses its 10 finest layout, Nov p62

D Davis, Bill M. Smart selling on the Internet, Sep p49 Deger, Joe American Flyer coupler converter, May p73 *Directional lighting for your MTH subway set, Feb p70 Display Prize Lionel display, Jan p76 *Dusty dogbone design, Jul p58

E Editor’s Desk Celebrate your layout, Jul p8 Coming home, Sep p8 Getting motivated, Mar p8 Layouts and landscapes, Jan p8 Lizard litter and F3 diesels, Feb p8 Model railroading’s hook, May p8 1953 was a vintage year, Oct p8 Showcase for trains, A, Dec p8 Welcome to the celebration, Nov p8 Electrical and control Command control for your layout, Oct p77 Command control is top trend, Jan p81 From prewar to the digital age, Jan p66 Handbook on layout wiring, Sep p36 How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 Measure the power of toy trains, Jul p56 Runaway relay control, Sep p73 Servicing Lionel’s modern ZW controller, Feb p66 Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 20 fast wiring tips, Nov p44 Two trains, one track, no collisions! Oct p74 Working with tubular track, May p46 Engebretson, E.A. Big, fast, and basic, Feb p46 New England in a room, Dec p54

F *FasTrack and die-cast vehicles score top marks, Sep p75 *FasTrack up-and-over oval, Oct p66 *From prewar to the digital age, Jan p66 Fugazzotto, Joel Mighty little ore car, The, Dec p70

G Gibson, James G. II Surplus city, Sep p70 Grabski, Don Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 *Great details on a mid-sized layout, Mar p52 Greenberg, Philip A.

Directional lighting for your MTH subway set, Feb p70

H Hallenbarter, Stan Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 Hamler, Ted and Judy Nutty Flyer collectible, Mar p77 *Handbook on layout wiring, Sep p36 Historical All about Super O track, Jan p52 American Flyer coupler converter, May p73 Brute stops here, The, May p64 Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 Common trains, rarely cataloged, Dec p92 Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The, Feb p48 Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct p38 Lionel’s figures and their heirs, Feb p57 Memories of the Lionel Rail Road Company, Sep p56 Mighty little ore car, The, Dec p70 Nutty Flyer collectible, Mar p77 *Holiday without trains? Unthinkable! Dec p56 *How I built my Red Rock & Roll RR, Sep p42 *How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 *How two friends built an American Flyer layout, Nov p89

I *Index, Volume 18 2005, Feb p53 *Internet buyers beware! Mar p60 Izzo, Robert Sandblast your way to a superb restoration, Jul p60

J Johnson, Kent Big, fast, and basic, Feb p46 Build a modern highway overpass, Oct p48 Command control for your layout, Oct p77 Just add water, Mar p42 New England in a room, Dec p54 Realistic signals shine brightly, May p75 20 easy scenery tips, Nov p78 *Jumbo trains on a big layout, Mar p68 *Just add water, Mar p42

K Keller, Bob Big steam makes a big impact, Mar p79 FasTrack and die-cast vehicles score top marks, Sep p75 Lionel’s scale F3 diesel resonates with readers, Nov p99 *Kent Oram’s stunning vision of the west, Nov p48 *Keystone State on a small scale, Jul p64 *King of the garage, Jul p40

L *Landscape of memories, Dec p64 *Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The, Feb p48 Layout descriptions (By owner, when applicable, or layout name. T indicates track plan included, followed by gauge or scale designation, then manufacturer.) Aventura Mall (T, O, MTH), Dec p56 Besougloff, Neil (T, O, multiple), Sep p62 Blischok, Thom (Standard, Lionel), Jan p72 Brennan, Dennis (T, O, multiple), Dec p46 Brownsey, Bob (T, O, multiple), Feb p40 CTT’s staff chooses its 10 finest layout (O/S/Standard, multiple), Nov p62 Fisch, Robert (T, O, Lionel), Feb p74 Freeman, Dick (T, O, multiple), Oct p52 Garofalo, Steve (T, O, Lionel), Jan p44 Grande, Paul (T, O, multiple), Oct p68 Halvorsen, George (T, O, Marx), Nov p72 Hildebrand, Bill (T, O, multiple), Dec p64 Ilyinsky, Paul (T, O, multiple), May p38 Jioia, Daniel (T, O, multiple), Mar p52 Keller, Rob (T, S, American Flyer), Jan p58 Kloes, Dick (T, S, multiple), Jul p50 Oram, Kent (T, O, multiple), Nov 48 Prelee, Mike (T, O, multiple), Sep p42 Rost, Allen (T, O, multiple), Feb p58 Solli, Ralph and Kaufman, Martin (T, S, multiple), Nov p90 Schilsky, Ted (T, O, multiple), May p68 Studier, Bob (T, O, multiple), Jul p40 Tolby, Mark (O, Lionel), Jan p76 West, Jeff (O, multiple), Mar p46 Young, Fred (T, O, multiple), Jul p64

Zemanek, Tom (T, O, multiple), Mar p68 *Layout for King Louis (of Marx), A, Nov p72 *Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct p38 *Lionel’s figures and their heirs, Feb p57 *Lionel’s scale F3 diesel resonates with readers, Nov p99 Locomotives Big steam makes a big impact, Mar p79 Brute stops here, The, May p64 Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 From prewar to the digital age, Jan p66 Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The, Feb p48 Lionel’s scale F3 diesel resonates with readers, Nov p99 Make a smoother-running rail truck, Mar p64 Operating Lionel’s early Alcos, May p56 Operating Lionel’s 1950 no. 773 Hudson, May p50 Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May p53 Retro-review section: Postwar runners, May p49 Servicing Lionel’s postwar-style J-class steamers, Jul p46

M *Make a realistic roadway crossing, Jan p56 *Make a smoother-running rail truck, Mar p64 *Make a tall trestle the fast way, Jul p36 *Make an MTH battery charger, Sep p60 *Make your own operating helicopter car, Dec p82 Manufacturer: American Flyer/Gilbert American Flyer coupler converter, May p73 American Flyer legacy, Jan p58 Nutty Flyer collectible, Mar p77 Manufacturer: Lionel Corp. All about Super O track, Jan p52 Brute stops here, The, May p64 Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 Common trains, rarely cataloged, Dec p92 Internet buyers beware! Mar p60 Last three Lionel postwar F3 diesels, The, Feb p48 Lionel takes the right track in 1953, Oct p38 Lionel’s figures and their heirs, Feb p57 Memories of the Lionel Rail Road Company, Sep p56 Operating Lionel’s early Alcos, May p56 Operating Lionel’s 1950 no. 773 Hudson, May p50 Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May p53 Piecing together a Lionel no. 182 magnetic crane, Sep p52 Prewar paradise, Feb p74 Prize Lionel display, Jan p76 Remote operation for electro-couplers, Oct p59 Retro-review section: Postwar runners, May p49 Servicing Lionel’s postwar-style J-class steamers, Jul p46 Standard gauge for the holidays and the entire year, Jan p72 Super Lionel layout! Jan p45 Manufacturer: Lionel MPC, LTI, & LLC Comeback kid of ’56, Mar p50 Command control for your layout, Oct p77 Command control is top trend, Jan p81 FasTrack and die-cast vehicles score top marks, Sep p75 FasTrack up-and-over oval, Oct p66 How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 Lionel’s scale F3 diesel resonates with readers, Nov p99 Make a smoother-running rail truck, Mar p64 Polar Express tops the list of key train sets, The, Feb p79 Servicing Lionel’s modern ZW controller, Feb p66 Manufacturer: Marx Layout for King Louis (of Marx), A, Nov p72 Manufacturer: MTH Command control for your layout, Oct p77 Command control is top trend, Jan p81 Directional lighting for your MTH subway set, Feb p70 Holiday without trains? Unthinkable! Dec p56 How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 Make an MTH battery charger, Sep p60 O gauge layout for a not-so-big bedroom, An, May p60 Manufacturer: Ross Custom Switches

Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 Manufacturer: Scale Models, Arts, and Technologies CTT visits an innovative custom layout builder, Oct p60 *Measure the power of toy trains, Jul p56 Melick, Lou Build a multi-level Christmas tree layout, Dec p76 *Memories of the Lionel Rail Road Company, Sep p56 *Mighty little ore car, The, Dec p70 Morrison, Len Lionel’s figures and their heirs, Feb p57

N *New England in a room, Dec p54 News photos: Accessories and layout supplies Backdrop kit, SceniKing, O, Oct p24 Backdrop kit, SceniKing, O, Nov p16 Cadillac sedan, Dominion Models, O, Sep p25 Caterpillar 953C track-type loader, Classic Construction Models, O, Mar p28 Caterpillar wheeled excavator, Norscot, O, Oct p25 Chevrolet model, Dominion Models, O, May p28 Circuit breaker, American Hobby Distributors, Nov p20 Circuit breaker, Scott’s Odds-N-Ends, Nov p23 Custom-made animated car wreck scenes, Jack Pearce, O, Jul p27 Desert gold mine kit, High Desert Artworks, O, Nov p21 Double-target mast signal, Custom Signals, O, Oct p24 Garage detail parts, GMP, O, Mar p31 Kalmar container loader, Sword Models, O, Mar p31 Light bulbs, Bryant Bennett, Jan p31 Oshkosh Series-P snowplow, Sword Models, O, Nov p23 Three-target, side-mount searchlight signals, Custom Signals, O, Nov p20 Tinplate oil tanks, Ameritrains, O, Jul p25 Track-cleaning car, Aztec, O, Jul p25 Track-cleaning car, Aztec, S, Jan p29 Two-target, hi-lo, side-mounted signals, Custom Signals, O, Dec p29 Valmet feller buncher, Sword Models, O, Oct p23 Water tower, Athearn, HO, May p27 Wood-plank grade crossing kit, Scale University, O, Jan p28 News photos: Books Authoritative Guide to Lionel’s Promotional Outfits 1960-1969, Dec p25 Collectors Guide to Prewar Lionel Trains 1900-1942, Sep p25 GE Evolution Locomotives, Voyageur Press, Nov p23 Greenberg’s Pocket Price Guide to American Flyer Trains 1946-2007, Jan p29 Greenberg’s Pocket Price Guide to American Flyer Trains 1946-2008, Dec p25 Greenberg’s Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains 1901-2007, Jan p29 Greenberg’s Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains 1901-2008, Dec p25 Long Island Rail Road, Oct p27 New York Central Railroad, The, Dec p29 Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited, Jan p24 Regional Railroads of the Midwest, Sep p27 Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives, Mar p30 Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains 19451969, Mar p31 Standard Catalog of Lionel Train Sets 19451969, Oct p25 Steam Trains, Feb p27 Trackwork for Toy Trains, Dec p25 Trains: Steaming! Pulling! Huffing! Jan p28 VIA Rail, Sep p26 News photos: Locomotives, diesel Atomic Energy Commission Beeps and caboose, Ready Made Toys, O, Oct p24 Chesapeake & Ohio Alco RSD-7/15, Atlas O, O, Sep p22 Coors Silver Bullet, MTH, O, Mar p29 CSX AC4400CW, MTH, O, Nov p23 Electro-Motive Demonstrator SD70ACe, MTH, O, Mar p24 Great Northern Alco RS-3, Atlas O, O, Dec p24 Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP7, MTH, O Jan p29 Rock Island GP35 (JDs Trains), Atlas O, O, Nov p21 Undecorated prototype F unit, Atlas O, O,

Mar p24 Union Pacific heritage paint schemes, MTH, O, Dec p26 Union Pacific/Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe set, MTH, O, Dec p26 U.S. Air Force BLH VO-1000, MTH, O Feb p29 News photos: Locomotives, electric and motorized units Alaska RR Budd RDC, Ready Made Toys, O, Mar p29 Leland-Detroit Monorail, MTH, O/Standard, Oct p22 Long Island Budd RDC, Ready Made Toys, O, Jul p24 Pennsylvania RR girl’s set GG1, Williams, O, Feb p24 Undecorated 4-4-2 Atlantic prototype, Atlas O, O, Mar p24 News photos: Locomotives, steam Central Pacific RR 4-4-0 American-style, SMR Trains, O, Sep p24 LNER Celebration class 4-4-0, Ace Trains, O, Mar p28 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha 4-4-2 Atlantic, Lionel, O, May p24 Pennsylvania RR girl’s set 2-6-4, Williams, O, Feb p24 Pennsylvania RR 0-4-0, Lionel/K-Line, O, Nov p20 Pittsburgh & West Virginia USRA 0-6-0, MTH, O, Nov p16 Reading Crusader 4-6-2 Pacific, MTH, O, Jan p24 Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern, Lionel/ American Flyer, S, May p28 U.S. Military RR 4-4-0 American-type, SMR Trains, O, Jul p24 Western Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger, MTH, O, Jul p22 News photos: Miscellany Ace Trains’ new factory in Thailand, Nov p16 Catalog, Model Railroading With GarGraves Products, Jan p31 Catalog, Williams, Mar p31 CD-ROM, Toy Trains Digital Archive, Sep p27 CD-ROM, Tracks of Terror radio collection, Jan p31 Classic Toy Trains Editor Carl Swanson, Sep p23 Coil loads for O scale gondolas, St. Charles Modelworks, Dec p26 Desktop images from ClassicToyTrains.com, May p28 DVD, Building an O Gauge Layout, Mar p28 DVD, Choo Choo Barn: Traintown, Mar p30 DVD, Tracks Ahead: Great Model Train Layouts, Sep p23 Eaton Electric participates in Take a Model Train to Work Day 2006, May p25 LED kit, Scott’s Odds-n-Ends, Feb p26 Lionel 20th Century Limited set auction, Feb p29 Magazine, More All-Star Electric Trains, Jan p25 Memorial: Lenny Dean, Oct p23 Memorial: Mort Mann of Sunset Models/ 3rd Rail, Sep p27 Mike Wolfe negotiates UP licensing deal, Feb p25 Old King Coal mobile train display, Jul p23 Williams F3 with retrofitted postwar-style pilot, Train Galley, O, Dec p24 Wireless steam locomotive drawbar, MTH, O, May p24 Wood train kits, Magnificent Trains, O, Nov p17 News photos: Rolling stock, custom-decorated Anniversary boxcar (Grzyboski’s Trains), Lionel, O Dec p29 Apache Beer wood-side refrigerator car (TCA Desert Div.), Atlas O, O, Oct p25 Baltimore & Ohio boxcars (John Huster), S-Helper Service, S, Oct p24 Berkshire Ham Woodside refrigerator car (Hoquat Hobbies), S-Helper Service, S, Jan p28 Boston & Maine boxcar (AM Hobbies), Atlas O, O, Nov p20 Central of Georgia boxcars (John Huster), S-Helper Service, S, Sep p22 Chicago & North Western stockcar (Hoquat Hobbies), S-Helper Service, S, May p26 Classic Toy Trains truck and refrigerator car, Atlas O and Athearn, O, Mar p25 Classic Toy Trains truck and refrigerator car, Atlas O and Athearn, O, May p25 Eastern States Farmer’s Exchange boxcar (AM Hobbies), Atlas O, O, Dec p27 Grand Canyon Ry. boxcar (TCA Desert

Division), Lionel, O, Jan p31 Grand Trunk Pacific wood-side refrigerator car (TTOS Canada), Atlas O, O, Sep p24 Knoebels Lumber Co. bulkhead flat (Knoe bels Amusement Resort), Weaver Models, O, Mov p23 Lifesavers tank car (Cal-Stewart Train Meet), Lionel, O, Oct p27 Long Island TOFC (Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers), Lionel, O Nov p21 Maine Central boxcar (AM Hobbies), Atlas O, O, Jul p24 Milwaukee Road stockcar set (Milwaukee Lionel RR Club), Lionel, O, Oct p25 OMYA tank cars (Pikesville Models), American Models, S, Jul p25 Pennsylvania French & Indian War boxcar (Armstrong County Tourist Bureau), Weaver Models, O, Jan p28 Pennsylvania RR hopper (TTOS), Lionel, O, Jul p25 Pennsylvania RR hopper (TTOS), Lionel/ American Flyer, S, Jul p25 Philadelphia Quartz PS2 hopper (AM Hobbies), Atlas O, O, May p28 Pritz Dodge boxcars (Minersville Lions Club), Weaver Models, O, Jul p27 Reading Mt. Carmel Junction four-bay Center Flow hopper (Brush Valley Chamber of Commerce), Weaver Models, O Jan p31 Ringling Bros. circus flatcar with wagonload, Lionel/K-Line, O, Dec p26 Sacramento Northern boxcar (Sacramento Valley American Flyer Club), Lionel/American Flyer, S, Mar p30 Santa Fe wood-side refrigerator car (Hoquat Hobbies), S-Helper Service, S, Feb p29 Syracuse Chiefs boxcar (JR Junction Trains), Weaver Models, O, Oct p27 Undecorated postwar-style flatcars, Town & Country Hobbies, O, Jul p27 Union Brewing boxcar (Minersville Lions Club), Weaver Models, O, Jul p27 News photos: Rolling stock, freight British G4-class brake van, Ace Trains, O, Nov p17 Burlington Northern bulkhead flatcar with gift load, S-Helper Service, S, Jan p24 Cargill three-bay hopper, Weaver Models, O, Jan p25 Chesapeake & Ohio gondola and Great Northern boxcar, Atlas O, O, Mar p31 Consolidated Edison hopper, Ready Made Toys, O, Dec p27 Four-car wood-side reefer anniversary set, Atlas O, O, Nov p20 Great Northern flatcar and Sunray tank car, Atlas O, O, Jul p27 Green Bay & Western hopper, Weaver Models, O, Sep p23 H-O Oats boxcar, Buffalo Creek Graphics, O, Sep p24 Illinois Central PS-2 hopper, S-Helper Service, S, Sep p27 Kerr-McGee hopper, S-Helper Service, S, Nov p16 Lancaster & Chester RS-2 hopper, S-Helper Service, S, Oct p22 Maple Donuts wood-side refrigerator car, Weaver Models, O, Sep p27 Norfolk & Western and Frisco stock cars, S-Helper Service, S, Mar p28 Peerless Beer wood-side refrigerator car, S-Helper Service, S, Feb p24 Pittsburgh Pirates boxcar, MTH, O, Feb p25 Priebe Poultry wood-side refrigerator car, S-Helper Service, S, May p24 Railway Express Agency TOFC, MTH, O, Sep p25 Railway Express Agency TOFC, S-Helper Service, S, Dec p27 Rio Grande boxcar and Pacific Lumber log car, Atlas O, O, May p26 Sclair four-bay hopper, Weaver Models, O, Sep p22 Southern Pacific and Union Pacific boxcars, MTH, O, May p27 Trinity Corn Syrup tank car, Atlas O, O, Jul p23 University of Illinois boxcar, Lionel, O, Sep p27 Western Maryland 55-ton hopper, Atlas O, O, Feb p26 Western Maryland flatcar with load, Weaver Models, O, Dec p29 Wisconsin Public Service Coalveyor bathtub gondola, Atlas O, O, Jan p29 News photos: Rolling stock, passenger British Railways Pullman car, Ace Trains, O, Feb p27 Norfolk & Western Railway Post Office car,

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Weaver Models, O, Jul 22 Pennsylvania RR B60b baggage car, Weaver Models, O, May p27 Yuengling Brewery passenger car, MTH, O, May p26 *Nutty Flyer collectible, Mar p77

O *O gauge layout for a not-so-big bedroom, An, May p60 *Odyssey in O gauge, Mar p39 Olekson, Paul Piecing together a Lionel no. 182 magnetic crane, Sep p52 *Operating Lionel’s early Alcos, May p56 *Operating Lionel’s 1950 no. 773 Hudson, May p50 *Operating Lionel’s no. 2332 GG1, May p53

P Photo Album Agee, Tommy, Oct p16 Alioto, Salvatore and Vincent, Dec p18 Anderson, John, Jul p18 Brennan, Dennis, Jul p18 Cafaro, John, Jul p16 Calcott, Ben, Sep p18 Carter, Jim, Dec p19 Case, Truxton, Jan p17 Chapman, Gilbert III, Mar p19 Christianson, Dick, Sep p16 Cooley, Patrick, May p21 Custer, Jerry, Dec p18 DeAngelis, Vincent, Oct p16 DeSantis, John, Dec p16 DiFede, Mario, Sep p18 Dute, Fred and Marion, Jul p18 Edgerton Community Center, Jan p18 Emrich, Ernie, Mar p16 Eisenberg, Richard, May p20 Fischer, Brian, Oct p19 Freeman, Dick, May p19 Gergenti, Paul, May p19 Gimik, Ken, Feb p18 Halvorsen, George, Jul p17 Huxta, Joe, Mar p19 Isenberg, Mike, Jan p18 Jerome, Forrest, May p19 Jioia, Dan, Feb p16 Klopp, Phil, Jan p17 Koch, William, Feb p19 Kolosseus, Michael, May p20 Lindsay, Herb, Oct p18 Lucas, Jim, Jan p19 Matyski, Michael, Sep p19 Mills, Harold, Feb p16 Nauset Model Railroad Club, Oct p17 Patterson, Leroy, Mar p18 Rehnert, Geoff, Sep p16 San Diego Model Railroad Museum, Mar p18 Schorr, Neal, Jul p16 Spaulding, Bill, Oct p18 Szymanowski, Gene, Sep p19 Turello, Richard, Mar p17 Westenberger, Emmett, Feb p19 Wright, Jim, Dec p16 Yorio, Tony, Dec p19 *Piecing together a Lionel no. 182 magnetic crane, Sep p52 Plummer, Ray L. Handbook on layout wiring, Sep p36 Measure the power of toy trains, Jul p56 Remote operation for electro-couplers, Oct p59 *Polar Express tops the list of key train sets, The, Feb p79 *Practically perfect collection of prewar trains, A, Nov p82 Prelee, Mike How I built my Red Rock & Roll RR, Sep p42 *Prewar paradise, Feb p74 *Prize Lionel display, Jan p76 Pullen, Paul Make an MTH battery charger, Sep p60

Q Questions & Answers: Basics Adding speed control to locomotives, Sep p31 Compatibility of multiple brands of trains on O gauge track, Sep p31 Considerations for building a garage layout, Mar p34 Creating a bus line for track power, May p29 Follow up on bus lines, Sep p32 Homasote for noise reduction, Nov p28 Operation of O-72 locomotives on O-42 track, Jan p35

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Problems getting power throughout an 80-foot loop of track, Jul p30 Reducing noise on a layout, Sep p29 Rubber tie makers (for noise reduction), Nov p28 Tips for buying a starter set, Dec p31 Transformer reaction time to short circuits, Sep p30 Use of the correct smoke fluid for locomotives, May p29 Questions & Answers: Lionel Add a horn/bell button to a power supply, Jul p29 Armature problems on a postwar no. 773 Hudson, Sep p32 Can a prewar Lionel OO switch be converted to DC operation? Oct p31 Cleaning prewar Lionel bungalows, Feb p31 Derailment problems with 1988 Lionel Hiawatha, Jul p30 Derailment problems with postwar Lionel no. 2037 steamer, Nov p26 Handrail on Lionel no. 182 crane, Jan p33 Identifying a no. 190 locomotive, Jul p31 Identifying a prewar Lionel no. 239 locomotive, Oct p31 Is conversion of a no. 257 freight station to transformer power possible? Mar p35 No. 140 banjo signal operates slowly, Nov p27 No. 616 NW2 motor jamming, Oct p29 No. 736 Berkshire power consumption, Dec p33 No. 2245 Texas Special F3 drive shaft snapping, Oct p30 No. 2465 “clear” plastic tank car, Dec p33 No. 6019 O-27 uncoupling track section, Feb p33 No. 6651 cannon car diaphragms, Feb p32 No. 6651 cannon car parts source, Jul p31 No. 8368 Vulcan switcher runs rough, Nov p26 “Permanent” lubrication on postwar locomotives, Feb p33 Replace a reverse unit in a postwar no. 1065 diesel, May p31 Swap newer trucks for MPC-era heavyweight cars, Feb p32 Wonderful World of Disney trains by Lionel, Jul p31 ZW logo variations, Sep p31 Questions & Answers: Miscellany Electrically mating RMT Beep locomotives, Jul p30 Wiring diagram for a postwar American Flyer no. 490 4-6-2, Jan p33 Questions & Answers: Restoration Dry out a collection after flooding, Jan p34 Remove “sticky stuff” from trains, Jan p35 Repair acid-damaged locomotives, Sep p31

R Rampolla, Joseph Build an O and S gauge crossing, Jul p72 Make a smoother-running rail truck, Mar p64 *Realistic signals shine brightly, May p75 *Remote operation for electro-couplers, Oct p59 *Retro-review section: Postwar runners, May p49 Reviews: Accessories and miscellany Amtrak Superliner StationSounds diner, Lionel, O, Sep p85 Central Pacific rolling stock, SMR Trains, O, Oct p86 Chessie System TMCC crane and boom car, Lionel, O, Jan p93 Leland-Detroit monorail, MTH, O/Standard, Nov p110 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger car set, Lionel, O, Jul p81 Reviews: Locomotives, diesel and electric Chesapeake & Ohio Alco RSD-7/14, Atlas O, O, Oct p80 Conrail MP15 freight set, Atlas O, O Jan p90 Coors Silver Bullet, MTH, O, Nov p106 Girl’s GG1 train set, Williams Electric Trains, O, Mar p84 NASCAR freight set, Lionel, O, Mar p88 Pennsylvania RR BLH AS-616, MTH, O, May p85 U.S. Air Force BLH VO-1000, MTH, O, Jul p84 Reviews: Locomotives, steam Central Pacific 4-4-0 American, SMR Trains, O, Oct p84 Girl’s steam train set, Williams Electric Trains, O, Mar p84 Great Northern freight set, S-Helper Service, S, Dec p96

Milwaukee Road Hiawatha 4-4-2 Atlantic, Lionel, O, Jul p78 New York Central 0-6-0T, Lionel/American Flyer, S, Feb p87 Pennsylvania RR 0-4-0, MTH, O, Jan p86 Pennsylvania RR steam starter set, MTH, O Dec p100 Reading Crusader 4-6-2 Pacific, MTH, O, Feb p84 Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward, Lionel, O, May p82 Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern, Lionel/ American Flyer, S, Sep p82 Western Maryland 4-6-6-4 Challenger, MTH, O, Sep p78 Reviews: Long-term reviews BCR capacitor, J and W Electronics, O, Sept p83 Chicago & North Western SD60, American Models, S, Mar p85 Lackawanna 0-4-0T, K-Line, O, Jul p85 LNER 4-6-2, Ace Trains, O, Jan p87 New Haven EP-5 electric locomotive, K-Line, O, May p83 Pennsylvania RR 2-10-4 Texas, MTH, O, Feb p85 Western Maryland 2-8-0 Consolidation, S-Helper Service, S, Oct p87 Riddle, Peter H. How to operate Lionel & MTH command control on the same layout, Dec p86 O gauge layout for a not-so-big bedroom, An, May p60 Town and country track plan, Jan p70 Rotella, Rocky Servicing Lionel’s postwar-style J-class steamers, Jul p46 *Runaway relay control, Sep p73 Rusterholz, John Working with tubular track, May p46

S *Sandblast your way to a superb restoration, Jul p60 *Scale passenger cars surpassed other rolling stock, Jul p75 Schilsky, Ted Scratchbuilt with tradition, May p68 *Scratchbuilt with tradition, May p68 *Servicing Lionel’s modern ZW controller, Feb p66 *Servicing Lionel’s postwar-style J-class steamers, Jul p4 Sets Common trains, rarely cataloged, Dec p92 Directional lighting for your MTH subway set, Feb p70 Polar Express tops the list of key train sets, The, Feb p79 *7 days to see this toy-rail layout before it was demolished, Sep p62 Sherman, Robert Chesterfield Trunk & Terminal, The, Nov p69 *Small is beautiful, Mar p46 *Smart selling on the Internet, Sep p49 *Standard gauge for the holidays and the entire year, Jan p72 *Step-by-step track plan, Mar p74 *Super Lionel layout! Jan p45 Supply List Backdrops, railroad signals, Mar p41 Bridges, trestles, and related items; smoke fluid and smoke pellets, Jul p35 Christmas and winter items, national clubs, streets and roads, Dec p37 Command-control upgrades, decals and dry transfers, Feb p39 Craftsman-style structures, Sep p35 Custom layouts and benchwork, layout figures, May p35 Die-cast vehicles, Oct p35 Scenery detail items, Nov p33 Toy train books, wall- and ceilingmounted track systems, Jan p39 *Surface wiring for Ross switches, Oct p46 *Surplus city, Sep p70

T *Take a ride on the Root River & Southern, Jul p50 Teal, Dick Servicing Lionel’s modern ZW controller, Feb p66 Tips, Tools, & Techniques Color-coded track sections, Oct p33 Combination crossing, Feb p35 Is your layout turned off? Jan p37 Labeled cables, Mar p39 Quick coupler fixes, May p33 Steady smoke, Dec p35 Towering trestle, Nov p31

TV land trains, Jul p33 Two EP-5 fixes, Sep p33 *Town and country track plan, Jan p70 Toy train track plans Big, fast, and basic, Feb p46 Chesterfield Trunk & Terminal, The, Nov p69 Dusty dogbone design, Jul p58 FasTrack up-and-over oval, Oct p66 New England in a room, Dec p54 O gauge layout for a not-so-big bedroom, An, May p60 Step-by-step track plan, Mar p74 Town and country track plan, Jan p70 2 sheets to grow on, Sep p50 Track plans (gauge, manufacturer) American Flyer legacy (S, American Flyer), Jan p58 Best of both worlds (O, multiple), Oct p68 Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry. (O, multiple), Dec p46 Clever track plan and great scenery (O, multiple), Oct p52 Great details on a mid-sized layout (O, multiple), Mar p52 Holiday without trains? Unthinkable! (O, MTH), Dec p56 How I built my Red Rock & Roll RR (O, multiple), Sep p42 How two friends built an American Flyer layout (S, multiple), Nov p89 Jumbo trains on a big layout (O, multiple), Mar p68 Kent Oram’s stunning vision of the west (O, multiple), Nov p48 Keystone State on a small scale (O, multiple), Jul p64 King of the garage (O, multiple), Jul p40 Landscape of memories (O, multiple), Dec p64 Layout for King Louis, A (O, Marx), Nov p72 Odyssey in O gauge (O, multiple), May p38 Prewar paradise (O, Lionel), Feb p74 Scratchbuilt with tradition (O, multiple), May p68 Super Lionel layout! (O, Lionel), Jan p44 Take a ride on the Root River & Southern (S, multiple), Jul p50 28 layout tips (O, multiple), Feb p40 Uncompromising O gauge layout (O, multiple), Feb p58 Trzoniec, Stan Make a tall trestle the fast way, Jul p36 *20 easy scenery tips, Nov p78 *20 fast wiring tips, Nov p44 *20 helpful layout tips, Nov p58 *28 layout tips, Feb p40 *2 sheets to grow on, Sep p50 *Two trains, one track, no collisions! Oct p74

U-V *Uncompromising O gauge layout, Feb p58 Views From The Underground New blood in an old hobby, Dec p43 Price guides and selling your trains, Nov p40

W-X-Y-Z Walker, Robert H. Two trains, one track, no collisions! Oct p74 Wiring Diagrams Barrier strips keep wiring under control, Sep p77 Changing train speeds using block wiring, Jul p77 How to use DC relays on AC layouts, Oct p79 Old transformers: which terminals to use, Mar p81 Postwar-style block signals operated by relays, Feb p81 “Star” wiring helps MTH’s control system, May p77 Two-train control using toggle switches, Jan p83 Wire a two-track O gauge crossing, Nov p103 *Working with tubular track, May p46

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