COVER STORY
Pat & Jean Marinari’s Fantastic 3-Rail Layout
FEATURED ARTICLES
Holiday Photo Features:
Hadeler’s Hardware Window Display
Andy Lisle Christmas Layout
John Ciccarelli, Signs of the Times
Steve Tapper’s Layout
Ed Boyle, It’s the Little Things
HOW TO
Build the Reading Central RR, Part 1
by Jim Policastro
HERE’S AN IDEA
Track Beautification with Bill Bramlage
PRODUCT REVIEWS
3rd Rail Santa Fe 4-8-2
Lionel Legacy GP9
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Brentwood MTH Book
Bachmann On30 boxcar
Diecast Direct Billboard
Atlas O 11,000-gallon tank car
AJ Trains Whistling Billboard
St. Charles Model Works car load
TMBV Lionel Price and Rarity Guide, 1900-1969
BACKSHOP
Pave the way to realism
COLLECTOR’S GALLERY
Lionel 165 Crane–Then and Now
HELPER ENGINE
What Now?
DEALER ROUNDHOUSE
Check out OGR DEALERS from all over the country!
READER’S RAILS
Pictures from
Eliot Sher
Joe Gozzo
John Johnston
John McHugh
Tom Thurston