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In issue 136...


Miniature Wonderland

More Calendar Entries

Two Holiday Exhibits

End of the Line - LGB Insolvency Auction

Call for entries... 2011 BTOC calendar contest

And More...

  BTO 135

 

In issue 135...


2010 CONVENTION DETAILS

GARDEN LAYOUTS ON TOUR

OTHER THINGS TO DO IN ATLANTIC CITY

RAILS OF WALES TOUR

2009 NATIONAL GARDEN RR CONVENTION

And More...

 

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In issue 134...


2010 BTO Club Calendar

Adventure Tour Australia

A Special Holiday Display

2010 Convention Car Order Form

And More...

  BTO 133 Cover

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In issue 133...


Convention Report in Pictures

Train Day Open House

BTOC 2009 Calendar Layout

Board of Directors Candidates

And More...

  BTO 132

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In Issue 132...


Bill Gagne's Rock Island Railroad in 7 1/4 gauge

BTO Club 2009 Calendar Layouts

Lego Land Garden Railroad display

Out & About: Union Station, Springfield, IL

And More...

 

 

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In Issue 131...


BTO Club 2009 Convention Preview

BTO Club 2008 Calendar Layouts: Part 2

A report on the 2008 National Garden Railway Convention

The Spectacular Holiday display at the Chicago Botanical Gardens

And More...

 

  Big Train Operator #130

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In Issue 130...


A preview of the 2009 BTOC Convention

BTO Club 2009 Calendar

Kathy Nassif’s report on the Laupahoehoe Train Museum in Hawaii

National Train Day Celebration

And More...

 

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In Issue 129...


Complete coverage of the BTO Club
30th Anniversary Celebration


Western New York Garden Railway Society layout

Announcement of special "Silent Auction"

Specifications for submitting entries in the BTOC 2009 Calendar contest

And More...

 

 

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In issue 128...


2008 BTO Calendar layouts: Part 1

Pittsburgh Garden Railway Society

South Africa Train Tour

Steam Trains at Walt Disney World

A Report on the ECLSTS

Call for photos for the 2009 BTO Calendar

Dave Snow’s report on the demographics of the BTO Club

And More...

 

  Big Train Operator Number 127

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In issue 127


"Nip and Oh" Railroad. 

30th Anniversary Celebration Preview

Brigadoon Light Repair Depot

Back to Where It All Began

BTO Club 30th Anniversary Train Set

Call for entries for the Al Lentz Award

"Steamin' to Strasburg" 30th Anniversary Celebration Registration Form.

And More...

 

  Big Train Operator Number 126

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In issue 126


Visit Kelso Railroad Depot

A tour of the Southern Pacific Repair Shops

2008 BTO Club Calendar

BTO Club 30th Anniversary Train Set

BTO Club Board of Directors election results

"Steamin' to Strasburg" 30th Anniversary Celebration Registration Form.

And More...

 

  Big Train Operator Number 125

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Visit The Kankakee & Susquehanna Railroad. 

A trip to the Museum of Transportation outside of St. Louis, MO.

2007 Garden Railway Convention report

A Holiday Train exhibit at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens.

The Mesa Grande Railroad-something new in modular design.

BTO Club Board of Directors Election Ballot.

"Steamin' to Strasburg" 30th Anniversary Celebration Registration Form.

 

 

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In Issue 124... (click below for more)

"Steamin' to Strasburg" 30th Anniversary Celebration announcement!

East Coast Large Scale Train Show report

Announcing... the 2007 BTO Club Cars

A Ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Guage
Railroad


Heart of America Garden Railroad Show

Fox River Trolley Museum

Call for BTO Club Board of Directors Candidates

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 123

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Club T-shirts and Badges Available

Report from the Nuremberg Toy Fair

Bachmann 3-truck Shay

Reefer Madness

The Home of Magnus

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 122

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Dave Snow Rides the White Pass

Manufacturer Centerfold - Accucraft

On Tour with Larry

Saint Louis Union Station

2007 BTO Club Calendar

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 121

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BTO Club Christmas Car

G-News - LGB Files for Insolvency

Manufacturer Centerfold - USA Trains

A Side Trip to Berlin

Locomotive with a Flat Tire

A Back Yard Caboose

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 120

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G-News

Manufacturer Centerfold

A Small Switching Layout

The Ridge Road Layout & Races

LGB's CSL Trolley

Lost Roads - The Hanover Branch RR

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 119

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BTO Club News 

G-News

Manufacturer Centerfold

The L&P Railroad

The Lloyd Railway

Garden Railroad Construction

The Huckleberry Railroad

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 118

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In issue 118... (click below for more)

Six Trees Garden Railroad 

Collector: Unusual Coke Cars

Hartland Interurbans

RhB Freight Cars

Illinois Railway Museum

Greefield Village & the Torch Lake Mason Bogie

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 117

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In issue 117... (click below for more)

Chicago Traction 

Collector: LGB's 4041 Hoppers

2005 BTO Club Car

Railroad Architecture

2006 Calendar Photo Contest

And More...

  Big Train Operator issue 116

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In issue 116... (click below for more)

Review of RhB freight cars by Kiss and LGB

Build an Automated Switching Layout

Collector: The Primus Line

Lou Goes to Steam School

Eureka & Palisades Loco #4

Lost Roads: "The Narrow Gauge"

And More...

 

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