Re: [CBQ] Cardboard Train?

["Burtron Armbrust, Sr. via groups.io" <wb8ebs=yahoo.com@groups.io>]

Late 30s early 40s you could cut them out from the back of a cereal box (KIX ?). I started in HO by saving box tops, X number per car for Varney set.  My father eventually motorized the F unit.  Burton

On Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 09:15:30 PM CDT, John Willis via groups.io <willisjc=zebra.net@groups.io> wrote:

Lionel had a paper train during WWII due to no toy trains being made

during the war. There was a complete train. These look smaller than the

Lionel items and these look home made, possibly inspired by the Lionel

offering. The Lionel paper train was notoriously difficult to assemble

and keep together, and so was considered a failure, but it provided

something to offer while the materials that went into metal trains were

critical to war production.

I would definitely say these are homemade by some doting parent to bring

a bit of joy to a deserving youngster.

John

John C. Willis

 First Lionel trains at 2yr 89 months on Dec. 25th, 1948

 Mobile, Al

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