| Model toy trains and model railroads have been | | | | cramped office in New York for some time but |
| around for well over a hundred years. They have | | | | was soon able to move to a larger office on the |
| had universal appeal for both boys and men ever | | | | strength of its popularity. In the hundred years |
| since their creation all those years ago. There | | | | that the company has been up and running, it has |
| have also been numerous suppliers come and go | | | | sold over 50 million trains worldwide and has |
| in that time as a result of a number of factors. | | | | achieved great fame and renown from old and |
| However, one has stood firm in the face of | | | | new model railroad enthusiasts. |
| competition and time. That company is Lionel | | | | Lionel Model Trains prides itself on offering a good |
| Model Trains. | | | | combination of the old quality values that were |
| Lionel Model Trains was first founded in 1900 | | | | established at the turn of last century and the |
| when a man named Joshua Lionel Cowen had an | | | | new technological innovations that occur all the |
| excellent idea for a business. He was a very | | | | time in this day and age. The stayed committed |
| perceptive man and noticed a niche in the market | | | | to the toy train industry throughout the political |
| that had yet to be filled by a huge number of | | | | and historical upheavals of last century and are still |
| competitors vying for the business of interested | | | | thriving today. |
| individuals. Lionel Model Trains was based in a | | | | |