Lionel Trains, The Lionel Corporation, American Flyer, Plasticville and other toy train collectibles.

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NOW AVAILABLE!

All New Digital DVD Reprint!

Expanded to 475 Pages
A unique reference for tinplate trains at their finest!
View book pages in your web browser using PDF files (this is not a video DVD--it works on a computer!)
Includes 379 pages of Lionel documentation and instruction sheets as originally published
New linked Table of Contents to more easily find instruction sheets
Now includes 50 pages of rare prewar Lionel Service Bulletins
Includes 1942 Lionel Nautical Instruments Catalog reprint
Includes the Instruction Manual for the 5B Test Set
Includes tough-to-find reprint of 840 Power Station instruction sheet
All orders will receive a free bonus original prewar instruction sheet when this web site is mentioned!

Be the first to receive your DVD ~ Orders now accepted.

Price $17.95 + $2.00 Shipping

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ALSO AVAILABLE !

Author's Edition - Not Sold Elsewhere!

Inside The Lionel Trains Fun Factory

The History of a Manufacturing Icon and The Place Where Childhood Dreams Were Made

by Robert J. Osterhoff

I am pleased to announce the offering of a special Limited Author's Edition of 150 Copies, which includes the following items in the "package":

A First Edition book with special frontispiece signed and numbered with a unique author's hologram.
A signed certificate with matching hologram on which is mounted an authentic small piece of the stairway of Lionel's Irvington, New Jersey fun factory.
A Lionel Patent Archives CD containing over 450 patent copies -- over 1,600 pages of Lionel and Ives patents and trademarks. This unique archive includes many with the rare patent owner's front page in full color!
An original and new 1969 Lionel catalog with a front cover autograph of Robert Stein, Lionel executive who in 1969 managed the Hillside factory.
A new and original copy of a 1948 issue of Lionel's Model Builder magazine.
A 1980's reproduction pin (and marked as such) of the 1960 Lionel Rail Road Company, which is featured in the Fun Factory book.
The "package" is packed in an original plastic bag from the ill-fated Lionel Kiddie City--another chapter in the fascinating history of The Lionel Corporation.

Introductory Price of this Complete Special Package:

$99.95 + $10.00 Shipping

A portion of the proceeds of this special Author's Edition Sale will benefit The Smile Train, a worldwide charity dedicated to providing free cleft surgery for children in developing countries.

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A regular hardcover edition of my book, signed and/or personalized by the author if requested, is available for $34.95 plus $5.50 shipping. The Patent Archives CD is available separately for $19.95 plus $2.50 shipping or included in the $5.50 shipping when accompanying a book purchase. Orders can be sent to the address below. Payment can be made by check or money order or through Paypal, using email address rosterhoff@charter.net.

Inside The Lionel Trains Fun Factory ~ The History of a Manufacturing Icon and The Place Where Childhood Dreams Were Made

Copyright 2008 Robert J. Osterhoff, Published by Project Roar Publishing. All rights reserved. No content, including images, may be reproduced in any format without the written permission of the Publisher.

Lionel and American Flyer are Registered Trademarks of Lionel L.L.C.
GG1 artwork adaptation used by permission of Classic Toy Trains.