Inside Lionel's train factory, part 2

Classic Toy Trains, the magazine for the O gauge collector and operator, presents vintage newsreel footage of the Lionel factory in northern New Jersey.
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[@averagerobloxian9077]

0:55 I love how they created a special gadget to run the semaphore, where they just slide it in, press, a button and test it

[@trainroomgary]

I never knew you guys had this historical film, Cool 😎 🚂

[@texasranger7262]

Super WOW!

[@JonBrooks105]

I like the part where the guy is testing a whistle, and the horn sound comes out!

[@GTTrains]

That was for a diesel locomotive…. That’s the appropriate sound for it. It’s not a steam engine.

[@cyclenut]

I use to have a Lionel train. It was a military train. Must have been made around WW2. I wish I could have kept it.

[@chriswright2250]

Made in Irvington NJ.

[@davidschaadt3460]

Real nice videos.

[@pegbars]

You couldn't have fit 90 more seconds onto the previous 4-minute video?

[@fiddlerpin]

Funny The guy testing the whistle motor and the sound was a diesel buzzer.

[@nolanjustus2215]

Nice job

[@seaboardairlineproductions7185]

The golden age of when lionel sold original trainsets

[@1978garfield]

Their factory in China needs to go back to having the trains move from station to station under their own power. Would catch more defects that way.

[@parks1968]

Thats when they were labeled: made in the United States of America.

[@parks1968]

Thanks for noticing.

[@johnblair8146]

Beauregard Clayton "made in U. S. of America" was the exact wording

[@stevethomas-cc5lz]

lol

[@johnblair8146]

Made in the U.S. of America,.

[@benjamindminor1983]

Beauregard Clayton No shit Sherlock.

[@lauradeturo6102]

Great

[@bduff007]

I can smell the ozone

[@columboaffer5150]

Anymore of these?

[@randykoger4646]

Interesting that the whistle the worker is testing in the video makes a diesel horn sound. Somebody screwed up in the original sound editing of the film.

[@chriswright8464]

Made in NJ.

[@doowoplover1932]

I agree the quality is not there as in the past, but, don't blame Lionel. The model train market is shrinking each year because its core customers are getting older and cannot afford the higher prices that ALL the train makers are charging. You forget that Lionel products are not made in the US because of the higher wages that American workers demand. Those folks that worked at Lionel hurt themselves by demanding high wages on a company that was just barely getting by in the marketplace. Face it, the model train hobby is slowing dying along with its customer base. Just enjoy what is offered and don't show your limited command of the english language. Remember, there may be young children reading these posts.

[@DrFrankensteam]

doowop lover Very true about being “priced out” of the hobby. I tend to buy used Lionel items that are nice enough to use but not collectible, usually without a box or maybe a “parts engine”. Plus I rarely purchase anything new from Lionel simply because I cannot afford it. As far as the market shrinking, the kids these days are just not into anything that don’t involve a pad or phone.

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@DrFrankensteam I'm 15 and I collect postwar and MPC Lionel trains, I just had an SP U36C set come in yesterday from 1979

[@DrFrankensteam]

Atlantic Coast Line I think it’s fantastic your interested in something other than video games and iPads! Keep up the hobby and good luck finding deals. I just got a CN ab set for a really nice price.

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@DrFrankensteam Nice! I'm going to hopefully get all the freight cars for the Southern Pacific Limited so I an have the full set

[@stevethomas-cc5lz]

piss off

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

Could Not work in there.The repetitions would drive me nuts.OSHA would shut this place down today

[@1978garfield]

That is a big reason why it is in China now.

[@Mike44460]

Our large-scale industrial manufacturing capabilities followed Lionel into the trash bin of history. Greed.

[@randykoger4646]

Could sure do without the super cheesy Classic Toy Trains intros and endings.

[@dieselelectricrazor377]

Märklin is the way of the future