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2. Lionel Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Lionel declined rapidly after 1956. Hobbyists preferred the smaller but more realistic HO scale trains, and children's interest shifted from toy trains to toy cars. The shift caught Lionel off guard, and in 1957, they hastily introduced a line of HO-scale trains licensed from Rivarossi and a line of slot car racing sets. Neither product line ...

3. HO scale - Wikipedia

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   HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. [1] [2] The rails are spaced 16.5 millimetres (0.650 in) apart for modelling 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge tracks and trains in HO.

4. Lionel, LLC - Wikipedia

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   Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina.Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line from the Lionel Corporation by cereal conglomerate General Mills and subsequent purchase in 1986 by businessman Richard P. Kughn forming Lionel Trains, Inc. in 1986.

5. List of model railways - Wikipedia

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   Scale Date Description Alpenbahnparadies Willy Abbühl / McGill: 0: 1955-1990 / 2012- Model railway in Kandersteg and around Eiger, Switzerland. [85] Foundation Railway Collection Uster 0, I [86] Swiss Miniatur I: 1959- Switzerland, 3560 m railway lines with 18 trains. Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne EMBL: HO: 1957/59-

6. MTH Electric Trains - Wikipedia

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   MTH also produced many sets of New York City Subway cars, licensed by the MTA, and two sets of Chicago 'L' cars. Lionel currently holds the MTA license for the NYC Subway cars in O scale while Walthers holds the license in HO scale after acquiring Life-Like. The license transfer is in part due to MTH producing sets covered in graffiti.

7. Louis Marx and Company - Wikipedia

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   A company called Marx Trains, Inc. produced lithographed tin trains, both of original design and based on former Louis Marx patterns. Plastic O scale train cars and scenery using former Marx molds were previously produced by MDK and are now marketed under the "K-Line by Lionel" brand name. Model Power produces HO scale trains from old Marx ...