All Aboard : The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company
Editorial Reviews
Palm Beach Post
"All Aboard will be required reading for anybody who ever had a model railroad."
Book Description
This year the Lionel Train Company celebrates its 100th anniversary, and to commemorate the milestone comes a an updated second edition of ALL ABOARD!, the marvelous story of Joshua Lionel Cowen and the toy trains he created. Originally published in 1981, ALL ABOARD! brings back the classic electric trains for all those who remember them. The Santa Fe came in gleaming silver and shiny red. The New York Central was gray and white. World War I models carried seige guns, a 1957 engine came in pink for girls. There were Pullmans and steam locomotives, Lehigh Valley coal cars, lumber cars, and a design from 1964 that carried radioactive waste and the Mercury capsule. A&E Network named Lionel trains a "Top Ten Toy" of the century-#4 specifically.
But the story of Lionel trains is far from over. Co-owned by rock star Neil Young, who bought the company because of his autistic son's love for the trains, the Lionel Train Company is stronger than ever, and is evolving with the times by employing remote control, sound chips, and other technical innovations. With 32 all-new pages and scores of colorful illustrations from the archives of Lionel catalogs, ALL ABOARD! is the definitive collector's book on the subject.
All Aboard : The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company
All Aboard : The Story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company,Ron Hollander,Workman Publishing Company,0761121331,1880-1965,Antiques & Collectibles,Antiques / Collectibles,Antiques/Collectibles,Biography,Business,Cowen, Joshua Lionel,,History,Lionel Corporation,Model Railroading,Models,Railroads,Toys,Antiques & Collectibles / Toys,Cowen, Joshua Lionel
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