Model Train Christmas Tree Layouts - History Of Lionel Model Trains

Let's look back into the fascinating history of Lionel model trains. The Electric Express
was the first toy model train. The Electric Express was created in the year 1900
by a an inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen .

After creating the Electric Express he invented another model train and there after it
became his main passion for the rest of his life. Cowen believed that any boy that had
the Lionel model train would be well prepared for adulthood.After learning this many
fathers joined their sons and collected model trains as a hobby.As Linel model trains
began to get more and more popular it became a tradition to have a Lionel train
layout around their christmas tress.

In the late 1900's the Lionel model trains ad become less popular due to the coming
of automobiles and aircrafts.Lionel model trains had a great start when they were first
invented due to the fact that people loved traveling by train as it was new to them
and trains had become a symbol of America. In the late 1960's around the time that
Joshua had passed away freight lines and some of the major train stations had begun
to shut down.

Model trains slowly became rediscovered by people who wanted a part of american
history.Other people simply began to collect them as a hobby and a way of using there
imagination in there creations.Recntly America has begun bringing back the means of
traveling by train. Asmore high speed passenger trains are being built, historical
landmarks like Penn Station are being restored and people are rediscovering their
passion for model trains like the Lionel model train.