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Model Railroads : Lionel

Books related to Lionel and other tinplate model trains. Lionel price guides are located in our Price Guide category.

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All Aboard: The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company
Author: Ron Hollander
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

One century ago, Joshua Lionel Cowen created his first electric train. A simple open wooden box on wheels, its sides stained red and printed with Electric Express in gold lettering, it was intended for shop windows where, loaded with goods, it would advertise a store's wares. But as it turned out, customers coveted the train, not the cargo, and Cowen discovered a new business. And as it also turns out, there's a picture of an Electric Express on page 29. Because All Aboard! Is the definitive illustrated history of Joshua Lionel Cowen, the company he founded, and the electric trains that for decades were synonymous with boyhood in America. Originally published in 1981, it has been revised and updated for Lionel's 100th anniversary, capturing the spirit of a company remarkable for its resilience and dedication to innovation ? traits that continue to define it even today.
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(Added: 8-Jan-2001) - Customer Rating: 0 Votes: 0

Greenberg's Guide to Lionel HO, Volume II: 1974-1977
Author: George J. Horan
Publisher: Greenberg Pub; ISBN: 0897783395

Continues the Lionel HO story as products from five different manufacturers are made in seven countries. Describes new road names, paint schemes, detailing, and motive power features that became available. Includes photos, product descriptions, and valuations.
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Greenberg's Lionel Catalogues, Volume VI: 1961-1969
Author: Bruce C. Greenberg (Editor)
Publisher: Greenberg Pub; ISBN: 0897782801

Colorful catalogue reprints show Lionel's response to the changing market of the 1960s with science toys and race cars joining a wide range of O and HO trains.
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Lionel: America's Favorite Toy Trains
Author: Gerry Souter, Janet Souter
Publisher: Motorbooks International; ISBN: 0760305056

In December 1900, a young inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen devised a battery-powered train intended to help Manhattan toy-shop owners dress up their window displays. When the shops' customers began ordering the trains for themselves, Cowen launched Lionel Manufacturing Company. Beginning with those turn-of-the-century cigar boxes on wheels, this colorful large-format history follows the world's most famous toy trains as they survive the Great Depression, bask in the height of their popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, weather several changes of ownership in the 1970s and 1980s, and celebrate their 100th anniversary at the end of the 1990s. The trains are richly illustrated with specially commissioned color studio photography, archival black-and-white images, and classic print ads. Also discussed are the business and marketing decisions, electrical innovations, and accessories upon which Lionel built its following. A definitive history for Lionel enthusiasts, railfans, and nostalgia buffs.
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