CTT Holiday project layouts

[Benjamin Maggi]

I am not a subscriber to CTT but I have a bunch of random issues and buy them at trains shows and swap meets. I do get Model Railroader and Garden Railways and both of them feature project layouts, usually in the December issue. Does CTT frequently do project layouts? I purchased the .PDF from the "download station" for staff project layouts but there were not very many.

Is there a list of the recent CTT project layouts available online somewhere?
Thanks.

[Bob Keller]

I only recall us doing one Christmas project layout, but below is a list of all the project layouts that we've build and the issue's they've appeared in.

CTT Project layouts

 

CTT Project Layout: Build a classic Lionel display layout Part 1, Jim Bunte, February 1991, p59

CTT Project Layout:  Build a classic Lionel display layout Part 2, Jim Bunte, April 1991, p59 

CTT Project Layout: Build the Cassville, Tomahawk, and Tomah Part I – Dave Frary, January 1997, p62

CTT Project Layout: The CT&T Part II – Finishing the CT&T layout, Dave Frary, February 1997, p76

CTT Project Layout:  Build desert scenery – Easy steps to a realistic railroad, Carl Swanson, May 1999 p78

CTT Project Layout:  Planning your holiday layout, Neil Besougloff, December 1999, p64

 

CTT Project Layout: Build a Halloween Layout, Susan Vanselow, October 2002, p48

CTT Project Layout: Build the Coal Terminal and Trestle Part 1, Jim Riccioli, December 2003, p54

CTT Project Layout: Build the Coal Terminal and Trestle Part 2, Jim Riccioli, January 2004, p72

CTT Project Layout: Build the Coal Terminal and Trestle Part 3, Jim Riccioli, February 2004, p60

CTT Project Layout: Build the Coal Terminal and Trestle Part 4 (Scenery), Bob Keller, March 2004, p72

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry. Part 1, Dennis Brennan, December 2007, p46

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry. Part 2, Dennis Brennan, January 2008, p76

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry. Part 3, Dennis Brennan, February 2008, p58

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Sandy Harbor Terminal Ry. Part 4, Dennis Brennan, March 2008, p50

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Part 1, Kent Johnson, December 2008, p65 

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Part 2, Kent Johnson, January 2009, p48

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Part 3, Kent Johnson, February 2009, p40

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Part 4, Kent Johnson, March 2009, p56

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Bonus, Kent Johnson, May 2009, p41

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Bonus, Kent Johnson, July 2009, p34

CTT Project Layout:  The Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. Bonus, Kent Johnson, December 2009, p46

CTT Project Layout:  Retro Railroad you can build Part 1, John Grams, September 2009, p48

CTT Project Layout:  Retro Railroad you can build Part 2, John Grams, October 2009, p34

CTT Project Layout:  Retro Railroad you can build Part 3, John Grams, November 2009, p38

CTT Project Layout:  Retro Railroad you can build Part 4, John Grams, December 2009, p40

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Reader’s Choice Railroad, Part 1, Kent Johnson, February 2011, p41

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Reader’s Choice Railroad, Part 2, Kent Johnson, March 2011, p46

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Reader’s Choice Railroad, Part 3, Kent Johnson, May 2011, p30

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Reader’s Choice Railroad, Part 4, Kent Johnson, July 2011, p32

CTT Project Layout:  Build the Reader’s Choice Railroad, Part 5, Kent Johnson, September 2011, p40

CTT Project Layout:  Lionel’s D-146 dealer display layout rebooted, Part 1, Kent Johnson, Dec 2012, p58

CTT Project Layout:  Lionel’s D-146 dealer display layout rebooted, Part 2, Kent Johnson, Jan 2013, p40

CTT Project Layout:  Lionel’s D-146 dealer display layout rebooted, Part 3, Kent Johnson, February 2013, p58

CTT Project Layout:  Lionel’s D-146 dealer display layout rebooted, Part 4, Kent Johnson, March 2013, p34

CTT Project Layout:  Lionel’s D-146 dealer display layout rebooted, Part 5, Kent Johnson, May 2013 p32

CTT Project Layout:  Starter set expansion layout, Part 1, Kent Johnson, December 2013

CTT Project Layout:  Starter set expansion layout, Part 2, Kent Johnson, January 2014 p44

CTT Project Layout:  Starter set expansion layout, Part 3, Kent Johnson, February 2014, p40

CTT Project Layout:  Starter set expansion layout, Part 4, Kent Johnson March 2014, p30

If you want stories related to Christmas layout, go to the on-line index search window, select advanced search to filter for CTT, and type in Christmas.

http://trc.trains.com/Train%20Magazine%20Index.aspx?view=ViewAllMagazines

Something like 78 items should be listed.

[Benjamin Maggi]

Thank you for the amazingly fast response! I really appreciate it. 

Looking over the list, then, it seems I have read many of these articles already.

[fifedog]

Over the next couple months, many of us will be posting pics of our Chistmas gardens.  Would like to see what a 1/19 set-up  might look like.