NYA Subscriber News: "Clyde Coil - 3 Rail World" Videos

Lionel's 2341 Jersey Central FM Locomotive | NYA

The latest Subscriber News on Times-Contrarian | NYA provides updates to the timeline of videos from 1995 filmed in Neil Young's Train Barn featuring vintage Lionel train models.

The "Clyde Coil - 3 Rail World" series is quite fascinating -- particularly if you're a model train enthusiast. The "It's A Fake!" episode focuses on Lionel's elusively rare 2341 Jersey Central FM Locomotive.

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Of course, who can possibly forget the controversy over the Lionel Greendale Train Set in 2004?


Lionel Greendale Train Set
Who knew the model train enthusiasts could be so viscous vicious?!


Limited Edition: Greendale Train Set
More on Neil Young and Lionel Trains.

Classic Toy Trains - March 1993

Neil Young and Lionel Trains
Also see more on Lionel trains and Neil Young in book excerpts from Legendary Lionel Trains by John A. Grams, Terry D. Thompson .


Neil & Lou
Here's an interesting blog by a Neil Young fan called The Back Part Of The Basement. The blog is written by Lou who also likes model trains and Martin guitars. Here's the story of meeting up with Neil at Lionel train show.



In 2017, Neil Young auctioned off his model train collection, which brought back many memories of Neil with his sons Zeke and Ben and daughter Amber.

Here's a video from the mid-1990's of Neil Young filmed at his California ranch and around his train layout with his family, Pegi, Ben and Amber.

The segment was broadcast on the Nickelodeon Network and hosted by Linda Ellerbee.

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Lionel Trains Shakeup

It looks like there might be some fallout at Lionel Trains from the recent Greendale train debacle.

Lionel CEO (Bill Bracy) and Marketing VP (John Brady) were terminated by Lionel this past Monday. There's no "official" word from Lionel yet, according to Classic Toy Trains Magazine.

Naturally, this topic is being much-discussed on the O Gauge Railroading forums. One recent post, from someone claiming to have "inside" information, states that the firings were at the behest of Neil Young and Lou Kovach due to the execs' "dragging their feet" with innovations to the Train Master Command Control system, invented by Neil and his Lionetech firm.

Sadly, major layoffs seem to be in the works at Lionel, too.

This is the third executive shake-up of Lionel since the September 1995 purchase of Lionel from Richard Kughn by Wellsprings, LLC and Neil Young.

Thanks to Lou for the info!

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