Repair and Restoration

How to keep rust off your trains
Those little packets of silica gel that come in model train and other boxes are...
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How to clean old, rusty, and dirty track
Bought or inherited a load of tubular track? CTT editor Hal Miller shows his method...
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How to lubricate your locomotives
In this Workbench Minute video, CTT editor Hal Miller shows the basics of locomotive lubrication...
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Cleaning up Lionel’s no. 97 Coal Elevator
Hal Miller continues his Workbench Minute series showing how to clean a Lionel no. 97...
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How to make roads stick on your model train layout
Hal Miller repairs peeling roadway material on the City Transfer & Terminal, an O gauge...
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How to rewire a Lionel RCS controller
In this Classic Toy Trains How-to Minute, editor Hal Miller replaces the crumbling 3-conductor cable...
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How to fix a damaged Lionel no. 97 dump bin with epoxy
Epoxy is a great adhesive for repairing a wide variety of materials. CTT editor Hal...
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Lionel no. 97 coal elevator motor maintenance
In this Workbench Minute Hal Miller shows how to remove the motor from a Lionel...
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Video: How to fix “speaker fuzz” in your locomotive
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Project railroad: Create insulated track segments
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Project railroad: Cut track with a power tool
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Craft an automated Christmas layout
Two O gauge trains alternate automatically on Donald Miller's Christmas-tree layout. Learn how to create...
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Operating dump car you can build
Joseph Rampolla designed and built this retro-styled O gauge dump car; learn how to make...
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Commanding a CAB-2 controller
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