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Lionel
His name was Joshua Lionel Cohen and born in New York, New York. -
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Joshua Lionel Cohen and Harry C. Grant founded the company and started to make toy trains.
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The first train was named Electric Express. The Train was made up with a small motor on a model of a railroad flatcar on 30 inches of track. It was only storefront display.
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Joshua Lionel Cohen got married to Cecelia Liberman.
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Cowen was now calling his model trains "The Standard of the world".
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Joshua Lionel Cohen charges his last name from Cohen to Cowens.
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The company was renamed from "Lionel manufacturing company" to "Lionel Corporation."
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Joshua sold his stock of his company to his nephew,the infamous attorney,Roy Cohn paid $15 for each of his Lionel shares.
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Joshua retired from Lionel Corporation which is very sad.
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Roy Cohn sold all his stocks for $5.25 and then Neil Young buy the whole company.
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Joshua Lionel Cowen pasted a way in Palm Beach, Florida and he will be missed by all model railroader every where.
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American Flyer Trains
Lionel got American Flyer Trains that was a company that was another toy train company because it was going under. so they bought the company.
