Due to tight budgets handed down from their superiors at General Mills, Lionel’s managers had to mostly make do with designs and tools made in the 1940s and 50s, and adapt them slightly with more modern production techniques. While overshadowed by the classic Postwar-Era pieces and the newer, state of the art offerings of Lionel, MTH and other current O Gauge train makers, the MPC era is a fascinating time in Lionel’s history. General Mills assigned the Lionel division to its subsidiary Model Products Corporation, and a new era of Lionel trains was born. As a result, in 1969 Lionel reached an agreement with General Mills to begin making Lionel trains under license beginning in 1970. By the late 1960s, Lionel had diversified into other businesses and was looking to leave the toy train market. Lionel's MPC-Era Large Steam Engines (1970-86)įrom the high point of Lionel’s ‘Golden Era’ of the 1950s, the 1960s marked a sharp decline in offerings from the most famous of all train makers.
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