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All aboard! : the story of Joshua Lionel Cowen & his Lionel Train Company / Ron Hollander.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating TF140.C65 H64 1981
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollander, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cowen, Joshua Lionel, 1880-1965.
- Cowen, Joshua Lionel.
- Lionel Corporation--History.
- Lionel Corporation.
- Railroads--Models--Biography.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Models.
- History.
- Genre:
- Photobooks.
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Workman Pub., [1981]
- Summary:
- The marvelous story of Joshua Lionel Cowen and the toy trains he created. 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. -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of George H. Strimel, Jr.
- ISBN:
- 0894801848
- 9780894801846
- OCLC:
- 7835901
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