I received my copy earlier this week and have slowly been enjoying each and ever article learning a great deal about the history of the manufacturers of the time. I think this is a really great magazine and CTT should continue and produce more. I would suggest that perhaps they do an issue on the 1930’s and include not only standard gauge but also O gauge tinplate. Sometime after that even the 1920’s and the glory of tinplate. Also I would suggest the 1990’s with the revival of the great competitors for making toy trains but also with the new designs and command components. As each year goes by they could fill in the missing decades. If you have not purchased the 1950’s I highly recommend it. If you like it, then how about adding to the poll here and ask CTT to do more issues.
docflhs
I’ve really enjoyed reading it too.
Hey Ya’ll
I absolutly love it. I read it from cover to cover in 1 hour, and did it again over and over again, since I have gotten it this past sundy. Today is friday, and everyday since Monday I have taken it to school.
Noiw, after reading this, I am a bonafide Postwar collector, but, I will make a few exeptions, for the likes of Baby Blue Comets, Commodore Vanderbuilts from the Prewar, and A Few sets from the MPC and Modern Era.
Bert and Mary Poppins aka Nick
I’m still waiting for my local hobby shop to get theirs(Chesterrfield Hobbies in Midlothian, VA). It’s a shame that Books-A-Million has had their copies for a week! Why does this happen? In a effort to keep our local hobby shops open and viable , shouldn’t they get theirs first?
I like it too.
The Lionel Display Layouts pictured in “CTT All Star Electric Trains of the 1950s” are gorgeous. I wonder how much restoration work went into them?
It is very interesting to compare the Lionel display layouts in Electric Trains to those in “CTT Classic Lionel Display Layouts You Can Build.” D-10, D-10M and No. 10 Display layouts are very different. Even the No. 10 Display in Electric Trains is different from the No. 10 Display in Display Layouts. It is like they were custom built to fit the hobby shop they went to.
Wayne
Good magazine, but on the Sunday ad story they should have printed the ads to be nearer to full size so you could read them without a magnifying glass. Also, on the store display article, they should have done more pictures from other angles: the corner of the D-106 from 1953 was lopped off and the track plan was not clear on that one.
I enjoyed it to, but remember, that was the way CTT used to look like not all that long ago. Maybe with strong sales they could put those type of features back in CTT along with the way it is currently produced.
I would subscribe to quarterly issues of this, it’s great! Something for everybody there. I think there is a lot of information about postwar trains out there, and I would like to see more, and even some prewar mixed in!
I was leary of this magazine, afraid that it would just be a collection of old CTT articles. Boy, was I suprised! I really enjoyed reading the articles, especially the lemons from Lionel in the 50’s. I think we forget that even postwar trains had problems sometimes. I would also like to see more magazines like this one in the future!
Peter,
Not all hobby shops that sell CTT chose to sell “All-Star Electric Trains of the 1950s.” If your shop in Virginia doesn’t have it by now, don’t wait, buy it somewhere else or buy it direct from Kalmbach Publishing.
Neil Besougloff
editor, CTT
Great issue. As others have said, let’s have more focusing on other eras. The 1960s and 1930s are excellent suggestions, as is the 1990s.