Lionel Trains of the 1950s

Filled with nostalgic photos of toy trains and accessories, including some seldom-seen images, this comprehensive 200-page special issue features more than 40 stories in a year-by-year format. Featured stories Include:

• 1950 launched a golden era at Lionel
• Streamlined passenger trains for the O-27 line
• Joltin’ Joe’s Lionel TV show
• Insights into the making of Lionel’s famed catalogs
• The greatest year for accessories
• Discovering the earliest-known 6464 boxcar
• Enter the Train Master
• Mysterious sets from 1955
• Lionel’s spectacular public display
• The track plan that launched a thousand layouts
• Black sheep of the 1958 roster