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Traditional or 21st-Century Electronics
Lionel Corporation offers you the choice of enjoying tinplate trains that perform just like new toys of eighty years ago, or updated with modern features and technology. Most of our locomotives are offered in both Traditional and Proto-Sound® 2.0 configurations. Traditional versions don't just look like the prewar originals; they operate like them, too. Traditional locomotives feature open-frame AC motors and mechanical E-units (reverse units) for operators who want to recreate the full tinplate experience — complete with buzzing E-units, growling motors, and the smell of ozone in the air! Proto-Sound 2.0 versions feature the same accurate, nostalgic appearance on the outside but 21st-Century technology inside. Proto-Sound offers today's tinplate operator more features than a child of the 1920s or ‘30s ever dreamed of. We also offer you the choice of learning about our products through traditional or 21st-Century media — or both. In this and future catalogs, we're striving to recreate the excitement that a new catalog generated nearly every year from the early 1900s through the onset of World War II. To help set the stage, we’ve included many quotes from Lionel and American Flyer catalogs of the period; like the trains themselves, the language is often outlandish, colorful, and only loosely related to the real world. In addition, you can explore Lionel Corporation products in a manner that would have seemed like science fiction to a child of the 1920s or ‘30s: seeing and hearing them in action on a computer screen perched on your desk or in your lap, on www.lionelcorporation.com. Close-up photos and action videos of many items in this catalog can be found on our site. On the home page, simply click “The Models” on the left-hand menu, enter the item number in the “Product Search” feature, and then scroll down the item page for detail photos and/or a link to an action video.
Lionel Corporation offers you the choice of enjoying tinplate trains that perform just like new toys of eighty years ago, or updated with modern features and technology. Most of our locomotives are offered in both Traditional and Proto-Sound® 2.0 configurations. Traditional versions don't just look like the prewar originals; they operate like them, too. Traditional locomotives feature open-frame AC motors and mechanical E-units (reverse units) for operators who want to recreate the full tinplate experience — complete with buzzing E-units, growling motors, and the smell of ozone in the air! Proto-Sound 2.0 versions feature the same accurate, nostalgic appearance on the outside but 21st-Century technology inside. Proto-Sound offers today's tinplate operator more features than a child of the 1920s or ‘30s ever dreamed of. We also offer you the choice of learning about our products through traditional or 21st-Century media — or both. In this and future catalogs, we're striving to recreate the excitement that a new catalog generated nearly every year from the early 1900s through the onset of World War II. To help set the stage, we’ve included many quotes from Lionel and American Flyer catalogs of the period; like the trains themselves, the language is often outlandish, colorful, and only loosely related to the real world. In addition, you can explore Lionel Corporation products in a manner that would have seemed like science fiction to a child of the 1920s or ‘30s: seeing and hearing them in action on a computer screen perched on your desk or in your lap, on www.lionelcorporation.com. Close-up photos and action videos of many items in this catalog can be found on our site. On the home page, simply click “The Models” on the left-hand menu, enter the item number in the “Product Search” feature, and then scroll down the item page for detail photos and/or a link to an action video.
