| The LOTS Library, in addition to containing the club's Reference Library and archives of Switcher, also contains our Video Library. Videotapes are loaned to members, free of charge, as a unique service of your membership.
All tapes are VHS format and may be used at meets or for home viewing. Because LOTS' meet hosts are given first priority for the tapes to promote operation of Lionel trains with maximum exposure, videotapes may not be lent out to individual members for home viewing within 45 days of a scheduled meet.
Members may borrow club owned videotapes from the LOTS Assistant Librarian under the following guidelines:
Deposit: A deposit of US $20 (payable to "LOTS") is required for each tape requested to cover potential loss and/or damage. This requirement is waived for approved meet hosts.
Postage: Postage to the borrower is paid for by LOTS, however, the return postage is the responsibility of the borrower. Members are required to use UPS or registered mail when returning the tapes in order to trace packages in the event of loss.
Return tapes within 30 days of shipment from LOTS Assistant Librarian. When tapes are returned, the deposit will be refunded. If the tapes are not received within 30 days of initial shipment to a member, the deposit will be forfeited, and a replacement videotape purchased for our library.
Members interested in obtaining these VHS videotapes should write, or call, the club's Video Librarian to determine whether they will be available at the time desired. Please include your $20.00 deposit check with a written order to ensure prompt service. Because only one copy is available of most tapes, you may be placed on a waiting list for some loan requests.
Neil K. Yerger, LOTS Video Librarian
(Address & Phone Number available in Switcher)
Videotape Titles (VHS Format with Sound)
American Flyer - Boys Railroad Club - 60 minutes, black/white. Featuring the Gilbert Hall of Science (NYC) layout, a tour of the Gilbert factory building (New Haven, CT) and out-takes of AF commercials. From the Toy Train Operating Society (TTOS) film library.
Great Toy Train Layouts of America, Part I - 45 minutes, color. Touhy & McComas' sellout video featuring the layouts and collections of Ward Kimball (multi-gauge), and Michael Primack and Ralph Johnson (0 gauge), with helpful hints on scenery making, operations and layout construction.
Great Toy Train Layouts of America, Part II - 45 minutes, color. Touhy & McComas' second great video featuring the amazing layouts of Stan Roy (32 postwar Lionel trains running simultaneously on 3 levels!) and Chuck Brasher (probably the finest Classic Period Standard Gauge layout in the world).
Great Toy Train Layouts of America, Part III - 60 minutes, color. Touhy & McComas' third e citing video featuring the new postwar layout of Phil Klopp (featuring state-of-the-art electronics, sound effects & custom lighting), the 30-40 foot American Flyer S gauge layout of Bruce Manson (providing a cross-section of urban and country landscapes), and three additional large O gauge layouts featuring postwar, MPC, MDK and Williams trains.
Great Toy Train Layouts of America, Part IV - 60 minutes, color. TMK's video featuring Barry Leonard's postwar O gauge layout (scale Hudson, Williams' UP Big Boy, an interesting circus/carnival, animation, accessories and an action-packed display of Lionel's military & space trains), Brad Nelson's scale-detailed postwar American Flyer S gauge pike, and Fritz Von Tagen's Carlisle & Finch 1 gauge trains.
Great Toy Train Layouts of America, Part V - 60 minutes, color. TMK's latest video in this fabulous series showcases two sensational Lionel O gauge layouts - Doug Dubay's new museum layout, and Ron Zweig's scale detailed layout featuring an overhead catenary!
The History of Lionel Trains - 45 minutes, color & black/white. Touhy & McComas & Lionel produced video documenting 90 years of Lionel trains, from the first 2-7/8" gauge in 1900 to the beautiful passenger sets of the 1980's. Spectacular layouts; rare film from the Lionel archives; old Lionel commercials; and the Lionel factory.
Lionel Classic Locomotives - The Fairbanks-Morse Trainmaster - 32 minutes, color. Don Shaw describes the nine variations of Lionel's FM's produced between 1954-1966 as well as the many fakes on the market, and shows how to discern reproductions. Also includes a S-minute cartoon "Play Safe".
Lionel Classic Locomotives - The F3 - 45 minutes, color. Don Shaw describes the 40 variations of Lionel's postwar F3's, their sequence of production, alerts viewers to fakes and shows how to discern reproductions.
Lionel Model Railroad Films - 60 minutes, black/white. Includes "Railroad Story" (1951), "Iron Ponies" (1952) and "The Wonderful World of Trains" (1960) with some of Lionel's postwar classics. Also includes shots of the New York showroom, the archives, J.L. Cowen and staff, the model selection process and factory assembly sequences. Produced by the Toy Train Historical Foundation (TTHF).
Lionel: The Movie - 24 minutes, color & black/white. Lionel's postwar "hall of fame" in action, including the Hudson with Irvington cars, the UP Anniversary set, a parade of 6464 box cars, operating cars, F-3's, the Congressional set accessories, etc. Also includes the Lionel promotional film "Iron Ponies".
Lionel Repair, Volume 1 - 60 minutes, color. Jim Weatherford gives easy to-follow, step by step instructions on how to overhaul and maintain whistling tenders, reversing E-units, truck assemblies and roller pickups. Full of time saving tips!
Lionel Repair, Volume 2 - 60 minutes, color. Jim Weatherford continues his series, giving easy-to-follow, step by step instructions on maintaining peak performance and overhauling F-3's, steam turbines and reversing type motorized units. Learn motor tune-up & lube tips; how to achieve top power-truck performance, align motor/drive gears, service diesel horns and smoke units, and repair slide shoe pickups.
Lionel Repair, Volume 3 - 60 minutes, color. Jim Weatherford continues his outstanding series, giving easy-to-follow, step by step instructions on tuning up and maintaining numerous smaller postwar steam engines, O gauge switches & controllers, and ZW & VW transformers. Many useful tips for novice and experienced operators!
Lionel Repair, Volume 4 - 60 minutes, color. Jim Weatherford presents time-saving tools and repair techniques. Make repairs fun, rewarding and educational! Includes useful information on safe restorers, test devices and lubricants.
A Lionel Tour: The Making of the Scale Hudson - 45 minutes, color. Tour the Lionel factory to see the planning, engineering, advertising, decoration and final assembly of the 1990 1-700E New York Central scale Hudson, engine number 5340.
Mr. Lamb's Educational RR - 30 minutes, color. An educational video featuring Lionel trains and accessories on a layout to provide numbers and spelling practice for kids.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 1 No.l - color. Learn how a real steam locomotive works, part 1. Enjoy the Carnegie Science Center layout, and John Sapita's circus trains. The first video in this new series also features Jerry Petro's wood buildings, and some rare Lionel cars in Matt Pfahl's collection. The Backshop covers repair of Lionel idler gears.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 1 No.2 - color. Features part 2 of how a real steam locomotive works. Learn how Jerry Petro built a brakeman standing on caboose step with illuminated lantern. Watch Bill Hoffman's scratch built trolleys. Enjoy tours of several interesting layouts. The Backshop: MU your Lionel diesels.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 1 No.3 - color. Take a ride on NKP locomotive #765, and a trolley at the Shore Line Trolley Museum (East Haven, CT). Jim Barrett's Backshop covers modifying sliding shoes to permit operation without derailment on Gargraves turnouts. See Marty Fashioner's huge layout with 23 track passenger yard and 40 track roundhouse. Learn how the Carnegie Science Center built 250,000(!)miniature trees for their layout using native wildflower foliage.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 1 No.4 - color. All about L-girder layout table construction, and prototype steam locomotive maintenance. The Backshop continues to demonstrate fixing sliding shoe problems to permit smooth operation. Visit Roy Everett's amusement park, the Stamford, CT O Scale club layout, and the Conneault, OH Railway Museum.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 2 No.l - color. Another jam packed video! Visit CSX's Operations Center. Learn how to weather brick buildings. Marvel at Bill Robert's scratchbuilt 3-rail engines. Enjoy the Brandywine River Museum O gauge layout and Dick Foster's 3-rail layout. The Backshop shows how to uncouple cars anywhere on your layout.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 2 No.2 - color. Covers safety on railroads. Features more of Roy Everett's layout, Bill Robert's permanent rug layout, and the Warther Museum in Dover, OH. Learn how to paint plastic houses effectively, while the Backshop shows you how to tune up Lionel smoke units.
O-Gauge Railroading - The Video, Volume 2 No.3 - color. This Spring 1995 release covers Phil Klopp's huge 3-rail layout, and Lionel's 1995 new product line. Learn how a diesel locomotive works. Visit Pennsylvania's famous horseshoe curve in Altoona! The Backshop begins a series on ZW transformer repair.
Toy Train Revue, Vol. 5 (Spring 1991) - 60 minutes, color. Lionel Showroom layout, part 3 - an update on changes since the layout opened, and Rod Guthrie demonstrates how the scenery was built. John Stanley's 18' x 28' Lionel layout. The Lionel Supertrain in action - this unique train is on display now at Euro Disney in Paris. Bob Brenneman's Ives, Lionel & American Flyer standard and O gauge layouts, and LGB garden layout. Spectacular scenery of Trainland USA layout.
Toy Trains in Action - 60 minutes, black/white. Lionel, American Flyer and Dorfan trains in action in television ads, hilarious short films, and various promotions; from the TTHF. |
