Lionel and WWII

[dsmith]

I have read that Lionel did not produce toy trains during World War 2 and produced marine equipment for the war effort.  Recently I was at an antique store in Marshall, Michigan and I came across 2 marine compasses that were made by Lionel.  I thought that you might like to see the photos of these rare pieces.

David Smith

Dearborn, MIchigan

 

[marxalot]

Very interesting. It seems that a lot of companies made some very unique items for the war effort. Thank you for sharing.

Jim

[Anonymous]

  It is a interesting part of the Lionel history that, unfortunatley gets less attention than it should. After joining the Army I really wanted a piece from this era. I bought a field teliphone off ebay. Really neat. Last road march we did I packed it in my ruck sack for good luck.

[dwiemer]

Thanks for sharing.  Really neat.  Don't see the "War Effort" these days

Dennis

[1688torpedo]

 They also produced Fuses for Bombs,Binnicles, & an Electric Cow Fence after the War & was one of the first to pioneer Air Conditioning & had very little funding to put it on the Market.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing this!  I've always been very interested in the Second World War and would love to have one of these.  However, they seem to be a bit pricey for my wallet.