Toy Trains Magazine Digital Archive (all 35 issues!!) Start Price USD 35.00 Current Price USD 35.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Location Edwardsville, Illinois See more about 'Toy Trains Magazine Digital Archive (all 35 issues!!)' Description Carstens Publications, Inc. and Hybrid Systems Ltd., Inc. are proud to offer the Toy Trains Digital Archive!! Published from 1951 through 1954 as a stand-alone publication (and included in Railroad Model Craftsman from 1956 to 1957), Toy Trains was a hobby magazine like no other! Focusing on, as the name implied, the toy train segment of the model railroading hobby, each issue was loaded with articles about Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, Bing, and many other toy train manufacturers. Highly respected authors of the 1950s (and up-and-coming authors who would have long-lasting careers in the model train publishing industry) contributed hundreds of feature articles. At its peak, more than 160,000 copies of Toy Trains were printed each month!After a 50-year hibernation, the Toy Trains Digital Archive is breathing a second life into these great magazines! Every page of every issue has been meticulously scanned and developed into an easy-to-use CD-ROM. You can purchase these great magazines on eBay or at train shows for $5-$10 apiece. Expect to pay in excess of $200 for a complete set. Or ... you can purchase the complete set of 35 magazines plus the Railroad Model Craftsman inserts for a grand total of $35!! That's over 2,200 pages of great toy train reading on a single CD-ROM!! The digital archive version is guaranteed not to contain a musty smell or crumble in your hands as you page through the magazines! Additionally, you can search for articles by author or title. Regular features are linked together in a feature unique to HSL digital archive products.If you enjoyed Toy Trains 55 years ago or if you are merely fascinated by this period in toy train history, the Toy Trains Digital Archive is for you! Toy Trains Digital Archive Features: 25 "how-to" articles by Frank C. Ellison 26 "Trains of Yesteryear" by Dr. Case Kowal photos of Lionel's famous showroom layout dozens of articles by Hal Carstens, Bill Schopp, Jim Corrick, George Friedman, Gordon Zern, and others "Cut-Outs", "Layout & Design", "Detail Review", and many other great regular features includes every page of every issue includes all Toy Trains issues (35) includes all RMC sections (7) searchable table of contents navigate easily between issues and "regular features" -- very easy to use! print any page HTML-based -- works with your web browser compatible with both Mac OS and MS-Windows In addition, Mr. Harold (Hal) Carstens, president of Carstens Publications, Inc. (also long-time publisher of Railroad Model Craftsman and then-associate editor of Toy Trains), provides introductory remarks that only one who was involved with the day-to-day development and production of the magazine can provide! The Toy Trains Digital Archive is only available from Carstens Publications, Inc. and Hybrid Systems Ltd., Inc. (HSL).  This auction is for purchase directly from HSL.  Still not sure?  Check out the User Comments and Testimonials at www.hslinc.com/dahome/dattcomments.html. HSL will accept MC, VISA, and Discover cards (instructions to follow at the end of the auction).  TCA and LCCA members may pay with a personal check (please provide current membership number with check).  Be sure to contact HSL within three days of your purchase.  Illinois residents, please add $2.31 tax.Shipping outside the U.S. and Canada will be $3 handling plus actual shipping costs.  Please contact us for a shipping quote before purchasing. Feel free to call if you have any questions.  Thank you. Hybrid Systems Ltd., Inc. (HSL) 200 University Park Dr. -- Suite 240 Edwardsville, IL  62025-3636 800-779-2802 (US / Canada)618-692-4757 (Outside US / Canada)   Place a Bid!