O SCALE MODEL TRAINS
1987 - PRESENT
Lionel model trains changed hands in 1995, controlling interest in the Lionel model trains company was sold to an investment group that included rock star Neil Young The new company became known as Lionel LLC.
Additionally, Young, who had a 20% stake in the company, helped finance the development of Trainmaster Command Control, a technology similar to Digital Command Control which permits, among other things, the operation of Lionel trains by remote control. In order to proliferate this standard, Lionel has licensed it to several of its competitors, including K-Line.
This technology was the brainchild of Neil Young.
