Lionel’s prewar No. 703/156 4-4-4 electric locomotives

Lionel’s prewar No. 703/156 4-4-4 electric locomotives

I found this manuscript from the late John Grams in our manuscript files. There was no date on the envelope but it’s likely from the early 1990s. The article discusses 12 Lionel products that, while great inventions, were fraught with problems or didn’t work exactly as advertised. He included the following disclaimer: “Lionel trains were sold as toys. They were fun, fairly reliable, and expensive playthings, manufactured with no thought beyond t…