Lionel Searchlight Cars - 9 Decades Of Illumination!

Shortly after Lionel and other electric toy trains began captivating the imaginations of American kids and their families at the turn of the 20th Century, the manufacturers of these trains began looking for ways to expand their toy railway offerings - and their corporate earnings - by offering new rolling stock structures, figures, and lineside accessories. One of the earliest, and cheapest, ways to add interest and excitement to otherwise ordinary train cars was with the addition of light, and so, it wasn’t long before someone came up with the idea of adding an operating searchlight to a flatcar and, voila - instant operating accessory car! And what could be better than running your trains in the dark with only the headlight of the locomotive and a bright searchlight car to cast ominous shadows around the room!


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