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A new line of scale-sized freight cars, called "Standard O", was introduced that same year. The new line of trains included the Blue Streak Freight, an entry-level O-27 gauge train set produced by Lionel. The set included a blue Jersey Central Lines steam locomotive with a 2-4-2 wheel configuration and attached tender car.
In May 1967, Lionel Corporation announced it had purchased the American Flyer name and tooling even though it was teetering on the brink of financial failure itself. A May 29, 1967, story in The Wall Street Journal made light of the deal, stating, "Two of the best-known railroads in the nation are merging and the Interstate Commerce Commission couldn't care less".
The paper train came in a flat box containing several sheets of heavy cardstock measuring 11 x 15 inches, on which was printed the various pieces of the set. Once assembled it included a steam locomotive , tender , boxcar , gondola , and caboose ; all decorated for the fictional Lionel Lines.
While Lionel's top mid-fifties toy sales were some $32 million, [18] [19] the Marx's 1955 toy sales were $50 million. [4] When it comes to quality and quantity, Louis Marx and Company is considered "the most important producer of inexpensive American toy trains".
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.
Health officials are warning of waterborne disease risks associated with splash pads and fecal matter after finding that more than 10,000 children and adults have been sickened over 25 years.