Articles About Restoration and Repair
These articles by TCA members deal with the challenges and techniques of restoring and repairing toy trains.
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- Building a 10E Bild-a-loco. After a frame for this engine was discovered, it was built back into and engine by Bradley Kaplan. September 2002
- Cleaning Trains by Clem Clement. Summer 2011
- 156 Set Restoration Lester Kramer shows how he restored the treasured set. August 2002
- Lionel Prewar Factory Samples: Paul Pullen creates his own "factory samples". Dec2002
- Louis Marx gets an Empire Builder. creating two Great Northern Alcos. by David Hess. Spring 2005
- Marx 3/16 Slope Back Tender -"Wouldn't a slope back tender look really great behind a 999?" by Dave Hess. Oct 2003
- Restoring Prewar Lionel Trains: A 514 Ventilated Refrigerator by Bradley Kaplan - Learn restoration techniques that will apply to restoring any tinplate piece! May 2002
- Saved from the Dumpster! Restoring a Lionel 402 Engine by Mike Isenberg. Dec 2002
- SUPER---OH NO!!! Evapo-rust rust remover saves the day by Bob Mintz. Summer 2011
- Will It Run pt 1 by Bradley Kaplan - An acquisition of a beat up thin rimmed #5 from York April 2002 and the challenge to get it to run again! May 2002
- Will It Run Pt 2. More on this rare thin rimmed #5 found at York! June 2002
- Will It Run Pt 3. The third part of the resotoration of this piece! July 2002
- Will It Run Pt 4. The final piece in this series...the #5 is finished! August 2002
