Run 235 - APR/MAY 2009

COVER STORY

Breaking News About Lionel and MTH! Editor-in-Chief Allan Miller and Special Projects Editor Ed Boyle bring you news of the new Lionel Corporation, a working alliance between Lionel and MTH Electric Trains.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Operating Catenary on Marty Fitzhenry's Layout The Youngstown Model RR Association's Huge O Scale Layout Kitbashing Part 2, with Jim Policastro Building Cardstock Structures with Jim Gore Creating One-of-a-Kind Models with John Ciccarelli Build a TMCC Inspection Car with Stanley Gitler Walkin' The High Steel with Bill Bramlage

PLUS...

Reader's Rails photos from: Tom Burg, Alan Zamorsky, Peter Atonna, Ray Sugg and Pete Kruimer

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Product Reviews JW Electronics BCR II MTH C40-8 MTH TwinStack Williams U-33C

PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Products from... Rebel Rails RMLI Boxcar Weaver RS-3 B.T.S Evans Gondola Diecast Direct Rat Ford Atlas O Billboard Reefer Nassau Hobby Train Set Industrial Rail 4-Bay Hopper Scenic Express Desert Series

BACKSHOP

OGR Backshop Foreman Jim Barrett shows you how to make smooth curves with GarGraves Track.

COLLECTOR'S GALLERY

Prewar Lionel and Contemporary Replicas

HELPER ENGINE

Scale vs. Scale: RailKing vs. Premier GEEPS Check out OGR DEALERS from all over the country!"