The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Lionel Trains (1997)

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Lionel Trains This document is hereby Copyrighted © 1986,94,97 by the author. All rights are reserved by the author. All types of reproduction in part or in whole, or use in a for-profit manner are not permitted without express permission of the author. Before Lionel Cowen's ancestors Cowen's boyhood Cowen founding Lionel The Pre-War Era 1901 through 1905: 2 7/8 gauge 1906 through 1919: standard gauge 1920 through 1929: Lionel's heyday 1930 through 1942: coming of O gauge The Post-War Era 1945 through 1955: Lionel's high point 1956 through 1959: Lionel loosing ground 1959 through 1969: Lionel's decline The Fundimentions/LTI Era 1970 through 1986: Fundimensions productions 1987 to 1995: Lionel under Kughn The LLC Era 1996 to Present: The New Lionel Corporation (history for 1998 and up is pending for addition to this history. ed. ) Works Cited Cowen's maternal grandparents lived in the small town of Suvalk near the disputed Polish/Russian/Lith ... Read full article.