The Dark Story of Lionel Trains: How One Lawyer Destroyed America's Greatest Toy

This is the story of the Hillside, New Jersey factory that employed thousands. The die-cast locomotives that weighed ten pounds. The smoke pellets that created the smell of Christmas. And how corporate greed transformed precision machines into disposable plastic toys.
I'm Jonathan Reed, and I study the physical spaces where American history happened—the factories, the buildings, the evidence that still remains. This isn't conspiracy theory. This is what the records show.

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SOURCES & RESEARCH:

Lionel Corporation bankruptcy records (1967)
Hillside factory worker testimonies
Vintage Lionel catalogues (1901-1969)
Industrial architecture documentation
Corporate acquisition records (1959)

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