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E.R. Johnston, the train dealer, the myth, the legend

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:22:15 +0000

Something today made me think of Johnston Electric, a legendary, long-gone train store in St. Louis’ Dutchtown neighborhood that sold Lionel, American Flyer, and HO scale trains. I was in the old Marty’s Model Railroads store in Affton one afternoon

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Homemade toy train track

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:07:44 +0000

For some reason, a lot of people are interested in making their own Lionel train track. I don’t think it’s practical, but it’s definitely possible. I found a 1944 Popular Mechanics article on making your own DIY Lionel train track.

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Lionel bankruptcy

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:22:01 +0000

It was all over the various news sites, but Lionel, the train maker, filed Chapter 11 yesterday.

A lot of the news stories got a lot of details wrong.

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