Who invented Scalextric? Was it the first electric race car set?
Lionel had pioneered electric locomotive toys, producing its first train, the Electric Express, back in 1900. There is ...
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A (model train) Christmas story: The holiday tale behind a 100-year-old tradition
An inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen started Lionel in 1900 and came up with a battery-powered “Electric Express” gondola that ran on metal tracks. Cowen intended his motorized gondolas to ...