Go behind the scenes to explore showrooms where Lionel and American Flyer trains were promoted in the postwar era in Classic Toy Trains' newest special issue!
ALL ABOARD WITH Trains ALL ACCESS
DISPLAY LAYOUTS AND SHOWROOMS • WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT LIONEL AND GILBERT
NEXT IN LINE • INTRODUCING DISPLAY LAYOUTS AND SHOWROOMS
Display Layouts and Showrooms • SPECIAL ISSUE
DISPLAYS FROM EVERY ERA • RUSS MACNAIR SHARES GREAT PREWAR & POSTWAR LAYOUTS
SHOWROOM OUT WEST • RARE LIONEL PHOTOS FROM 1940 TAKE US INSIDE
FIRST DECADE AT THE GILBERT HALL OF SCIENCE • THE COMPANY THRILLED NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1940s
TRIBUTE TO A FORGOTTEN SHOWROOM DISPLAY • WHERE LIONEL RAN ACCESSORIES IN 1945
LIONEL BUILDS A HUB FOR THE MIDWEST • THE CHICAGO SHOWROOM HANDLED SALES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY
TOPSY-TURVY WORLD OF MAGNE-TRACTION DISPLAYS • ENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGH TRANSFORMED LIONEL LAYOUTS
DRUM ROLL FOR THE D-63 CITY DISPLAY! • LAYOUT FROM 1952 ACCLAIMED TO BE LIONEL’S GREATEST
ENJOY RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLYER DISPLAYS • DEPARTMENT STORES, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, AND TV SHOWS FEATURED S GAUGE TRAINS
SURVIVOR FROM THE LIONEL SHOWROOM • ONE SMALL LAYOUT FROM NEW YORK LIVES ON
LIONEL LAYOUT WITH A POSTWAR VIBE • VINTAGE POSTERS SET THE TONE FOR HOBBYIST PHIL COLLINS
WELCOME TO THE WASHINGTON HALL OF SCIENCE • GILBERT’S OUTPOST IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL LASTED FOR A DECADE
FOCUS ON FLYER DISPLAYS FROM THE 1950s • FOUR OF THE BEST FROM GILBERT’S PEAK YEARS
ROYAL VISITS TO TOY TRAIN HEAVENS • LIONEL AND GILBERT HOSTED THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME
LAYOUTS FOR HOLLYWOOD BY ART TRUMAN • PREMIER BUILDER OF LIONEL DISPLAYS ON THE WEST COAST
POSTWAR DISPLAY EVERYONE CAN VISIT • TRAVEL TO UPSTATE NEW YORK TO ENJOY A LIONEL 5 X 9 LAYOUT FROM 1954
WINNING A LIONEL NO. D-265 DISPLAY IN A CEREAL PROMOTION • BROTHERS IN CANADA TOOK HOME A GREAT SUPER O LAYOUT IN 1959
AMAZING SECOND PRIZES, TOO • THE COCOA PUFFS CONTEST OFFERED ANOTHER NEAT LIONEL DISPLAY
SALUTING A SUPER O DISPLAY FROM 1960 • THE NO. D-291 UPLIFTS ONE LIONEL COLLECTOR
SHOP BEYOND • THE UNIVERSE’S LARGEST NASA STORE