The Big Book of Lionel: The Complete Guide to Owning and Running America's Favorite Toy Trains, Edition 2

· Quarto Publishing Group USA
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Updated edition: The classic one-stop treasury, loaded with photos and practical advice for Lionel® train enthusiasts!

Lionel products are today more technologically advanced than ever, thanks to such innovations as FasTrack and the Legacy control system. Now author and hobby veteran Bob Schleicher updates his classic one-stop, hands-on treasury of practical advice for Lionel enthusiasts to include products such as FasTrack and Legacy, which were unavailable at the time of its original publication in 2004. This volume also features:
  • an overview of Lionel product development
  • more than thirty track plans for the floor and tabletop
  • advice on building scenery and structures
  • wiring and track how-to
  • help in choosing steam or diesel locomotives and freight or passenger operations
  • maintenance and restoration tips and techniques
  • operations that best emulate those of prototype railroads

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Gary Richardson
January 19, 2025
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About the author

Robert Schleicher is a veteran hobby industry writer with dozens of books to his credit. His MBI titles include The Big Book of Lionel, The Lionel FasTrack Book, and The Lionel Legend, among others. He lives in Niwot, Colorado.

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