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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Pages are spotless, unmarked and undamaged. Exterior covers are also spotless. Spine slightly curled. Very slight wear to edges of covers. Cover corners just slightly bent. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The Big Red Bridge" (Superlatives don't do justice to this Texas-sized operating lift bridge) by William H. Hidell; "The Bridges of Lionel Country" (Varied and beautiful bridges were Lionel hallmarks) by John A. Grams; "Tinplate Prototype: Hell Gate Bridge" (The New York landmark inspired toy train manufacturers in the 1920s and again today) by Carl Swanson; "Apartment Layout" (This track plan, first published in Model Builder magazine in the 1940s, shows that bigtime fun can come in small packages) by Terry Thompson; "Long on Variety" (Action and eclectic tastes are packed into this extensive layout and collection) by Dave Watson; "Control Your Layout Crossing with Relays" (Dave Watson's layout features a signaled, relay-controlled crossing that you can build) by John A. Grams; "Build a Whisper Quiet Layout" (Foam carpet padding and plastic bundling straps silence the roar of a workplace Lionel layout) by Joe Lesser; "Construct a Wooden Arch Bridge" (Basic woodworking techniques are the key to this pleasing scratchbuilt bridge) by Robbie Robinson; "Re-creating Prewar Scenic Plots" (Making your own tinplate scenery is easy and inexpensive) by Joe Lissi; "Lionel's Factory: A Family Business" (Anthony LaFauci enjoyed working for Lionel for nearly a half century, but he will tell you candidly that every day at the factory was not a picnic) by Roger Carp; "Bridges from the Local Hardware Store" (The short-lived Stanlo construction sets make perfect bridges for toy trains) by Peter Corrigan plus "Editor's Desk" (There's a new toy train marketplace: the on-line auction); "Correspondence" ('Ideal' Lionel layout, toy trains and the movies, TrainAmerica Studios circuit board); "News & Notes" (Big steamers from Lionel and MTH, more helixmania, postwar set sells for $68,000); "Point of View" (Don't fault Lionel for making the trains we all requested); "Product News" (MTH boxcab electric, 'I Love Toy Trains' boxcar, Lionel rolling stock, K-Line Crusader set, Y2K boxcar); "Questions & Answers" (Lonely tenders, gunmetal paint, peeling GGI, weak whistles); "Product Reviews" (MTH Premier Line Daylight steamer, Lionel Postwar Celebration Series switcher, USA Trains GP38-2, MRC Throttlepack); "Events" (Upcoming shows and exhibits); "Ad Index"; and "Collectible Classics" (Lionel's early postwar Alcos gave O-27 layouts a streamlined diesel of their own).