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Lionel in the non-hobby media

Dave Farquhar Toy trains July 17, 2013November 25, 20181990s, Korea, lionel, lionel train, Louis Marx, marx, New Jersey, Quaker Oats, Richard Kughn, Spare Parts

Cnet took a field trip to the official Lionel repair facility and wrote a feature story about it. It’s nice to see the attention outside of the hobby press, since it’s frequently news to people that Lionel is still around in any form. Read more

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David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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Lionel bankruptcy

Dave Farquhar Toy trains November 17, 2004February 24, 20221980s, 1990s, american flyer, christmas, DCC, DCS, electric trains, erector, HO, ho scale, lionel, lionel train, Louis Marx, Madison Hardware, marx, MTH, n scale, New York, New York City, Rambus, real estate, Richard Kughn, SCO, toy train, toys r us

It was all over the news when it happened. Lionel, the train maker, filed Chapter 11 on Nov 16, 2004. But a lot of the news stories got some critical details wrong. It’s not the first time a Lionel bankruptcy confused people.

Lionel has been bankrupt before, but the company has changed ownership numerous times so it’s not the same legal entity that went bankrupt in the 1930s and 1960s. There have also been numerous rumors about bankruptcy after 2004. These are usually dealers trying to create artificial demand to clear inventory.

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