Talk:Lionel Corporation

this article needs updating
The Lionel website claims that, as of 1st of May 2008 they are now out of Bankruptcy and are now back in business, so I'm guessing no longer defunct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.155.56 (talk) 18:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

This is a very fine article.

the maintenance section needs to be improved
I'll leave the editing to those who know this subject better than I do, but the information in the maintenance section doesn't seem very good. The article says that an older locomotive will probably run if put on clean track and then gives instructions on track cleaning. This is incomplete advice. You will probably need to clean the wheels and the copper electric pick-up on the locomotive before it will run. The article never mentions cleaning the electric pick-ups on the locomotive. It seems likely that including this information in the article will really help people to get the train to go around the tree at Christmas time.--Earlbruce (talk) 09:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The Post-War Era
One of these should be corrected:

"Lionel train enthusiasts consider 1959 the end of the 'true Lionel train.'"

In the next paragraph: "...most Lionel train enthusiasts consider 1969 the end of the 'true Lionel trains.'" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.2.217.34 (talk) 22:37, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

What is the history of the Lionel stores?
The text gives the impression that the stores went all under, but the caption on a picture says it shows a store in 2010.Kdammers (talk) 07:37, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Structure and content issues
Frankly I don't know many pertinent details concerning the Lionel Corporation or specifics regarding its products, but as a casual reader interested in Lionel in general, just trying to read the the content and follow the logic of the article is maddening. As far as I'm concerned after trying to follow the flow of the text, the bulk of this article could use a revised outline and comprehensive rewrite in order to give some sense to the information presented within it. I mean seriously: "Lionel went beyond breathtaking technology"...do you think that the person composing that is just a little biased? Several sections read as if they were written by a fervent fan...or a PR person. And what is thoroughly unclear throughout all of this data is the operations distinction between Lionel Corporation and Lionel LLC, which in this article and the one specific to Lionel LLC does say that they are separate entities but then each seems to say that they BOTH are responsible for making the currently sold "Lionel" brand rail sets and related products. But are they together? Or separate? And why does the Infobox for this article say that the fate of Lionel Corporation was liquidation when the body of the article contains multiple references in the present tense, as if the company is still in operation which would seem to contradict the Infobox. Monoblocks (talk) 04:42, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

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Request inclusion of more information on World War Two production
Under the supervision of the War Resources Board Lionel Manufacturing produced items for the US Army Signal Corps including the J-38 Telegraph Keys. A J-38 telegraph key which bears the Lionel Manufacturing Company name and/or the Stylized L makers mark are much sought by collectors of telegraph apparatus. Given that I would suspect that there is more to the Lionel World War Two production story than is even suggested by this articles present content. It may also be worth mentioning that the War Resources Board controlled what could be produced by apportioning access to raw materials to the greatest military needs.

Tom H 15:41, 27 August 2017 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hornetd (talk • contribs)

Lionel Records
I bought "Signs" when it was still on the charts. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signs45RPM.jpg#/media/File:Signs45RPM.jpg) The single was clearly from Lionel Records. The label put out its first single in 1970; "the final single for the label was "Friends & Family"/"Julianna" by the Five Man Electrical Band [Lionel 3224] in 1972." In its brief life, the label released only two LPs: Goodbyes and Butterflies and Coming of Age. FFI: http://www.bsnpubs.com/mgm/lionel.html

Lionel Records was a subsidiary of the Lionel Corporation, later a.k.a. Lionel, LLC, the company best known for model trains. The parent company sold train rights to conglomerate General Mills (based in Minneapolis) in 1969; Lionel Corp became a holding company at that point, and apparently went into recorded music as an attempt at portfolio diversification.

Distribution of Lionel Records was through MGM Records, who also handled (owned?) the Leo (children's records), Lion (budget albums) and Pride labels. Lionel Records is indicated as the label in the Coming of Age, Good-byes and Butterflies'', and "Signs" articles. Weeb Dingle (talk) 00:34, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Factories
I disproved and removed the statement that "The former Lionel factory at 28 Sager Place, Irvington, New Jersey, and the Hillside, New Jersey factory are the front and back doors of the same building." 28 Sager Place is indeed on the border between the two towns, but the Hillside factory was at 605 21st Street, which is about 1.5 miles away from the Irvington factory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esobocinski (talk • contribs) 17:29, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

This company is defunct
This is the company that owned the toy stores during their final years of business, they shut down in 1993. Don't edit this page saying that the company is still operational. Remember, the model train line was sold to General Mills in 1969, but it now operates as a separate company. Keep that in mind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.67.146 (talk) 00:35, 7 October 2020 (UTC)