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Lionel (toy company)  

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  • For half a century, Lionel was the leading American manufacturer of electric trains, among the most popular toys for boys during that time. By the 1960s, the era of trains, and the era of Lionel, had passed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Lionel]

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