Repair and Restoration
![How to keep rust off your trains](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CTT080321_CTW_SilicaGel_MV1-400x225.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CTT070121_CTW_CleaningTrack_MV1615-400x225.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/VkNcMKft-400x231.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MRV042121_CTT_WrkbenchSrfcClean_MV1520C-400x225.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTT051421_RepairRoad_MV1570-400x225.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CTT_rewire_rcs_remote_workbench_repair_0521-400x223.png)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTT_fix_coal_elevator_dumper_0421-400x222.png)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MRV033021_CTT_WrkbenchMotorMaint_MV1520A-400x225.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CTT_fix_speaker_fuzz_video_1118-400x197.jpg)
Video: How to fix “speaker fuzz” in your locomotive
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![Project railroad: Create insulated track segments](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CTT_make_insulated_track_section-400x218.jpg)
Project railroad: Create insulated track segments
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![Project railroad: Cut track with a power tool](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CTT_project_railroad_cut_track_with_power_tool-400x221.jpg)
Project railroad: Cut track with a power tool
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![Craft an automated Christmas layout](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CTT_miller_christmas_layout_0312-400x235.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CTT_retro_style_operating_dump_car_2012-400x212.jpg)
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](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/trains-video-placeholder.jpg)
Commanding a CAB-2 controller
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