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on tinplate toy trains and the people who collect and operate them.
February 2012
New!
Draft
Report From The Study Session On Early Lionel Steamers - by Bruce C.
Greenberg, PhD. On January 14, 2012 eighteen tinplate toy train collectors met
to systematically gather data about early Lionel Standard Gauge steam engines.
Read the results of their investigation focusing on early Lionel No. 5 locomotives.
(February 2012)
See Also:
Make
Your Own Five-Rail Tinplate Track - by Charles Grover. Here's a great "how
to" article on making five-rail tinplate track from a Standard Gauge Module
Association member. (January 2012)
Bruce
Greenberg Hosts Study Session On Early Lionel Steamers - by Jim Kelly-Evans.
Author Bruce C. Greenberg hosts the first in a series of study sessions aimed
at updating what we know about early Lionel steam locomotives. (January 2012)
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