My American Flyer Choo-Choo
In 1900, prolific but
as yet unsuccessful inventor Joshua Lionel Cowen built a tiny
electric motor, attached it to a toy locomotive, built a 30
ft. circle of brass track, then took the whole thing to a Providence,
Rhode Island novelty shop. I remember by first train... it was
Lionel but I didn't like the three rail system! So we
went authentic... American Flyer! My mom and dad built a layout
about 20x8 for me and wow, what a surprise! I played with
those trains clear through Junior High School... By 1957 both
the trains and myself were worn out!
My favorite... Ralph
Lebowitz bought me a TALKING TRAIN STATION! It said "All
Aboard"// a little raspy.. but it talked! Wow! I was king!