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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 2008
Page
11
The Mini Page explores the holiday model train tradition from its 19th century origins to the Lionel and American Flyer brands. It explains scale models, early German toy trains, and Joshua Lionel Cowen's 1900 innovation that sparked moving electric trains and a booming display culture in shops and homes.
In early 1900s America, Joshua Lionel Cowen improved electric model trains by introducing a transformer and a three rail AC system. The New York Transit Museum at Grand Central displays his advances that made home train operation safer and simpler.
The Lionel company began in 1907 with true model trains based on real engines and added cattle cars boxcars and a Pullman. By 1910 electric locomotives followed and by 1939 model sets popularized at the New York World’s Fair. Demand waned during World War II, then revived with new interest including Thomas the Tank Engine and high speed trains like Amtrak Acela.
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