I work as a graphic designer/illustrator. 'Back in the day' Lionel was cataloging a small fraction of what they are offering in their current catalog. If you notice there were a box car, maybe two, a tank car, gondola - single product items. today, Lionel offers several versions of a box car, a tank car etc. To effectively create illustrations for all the products offered in the current catalog would have been time and cost prohibitive. A computer may help, but still, the time and effort would have been daunting. Certain liberties and artistic license would also need to be taken to create the renderings, and probably there would be complaints because not enough or too many rivets were used, or the color may be off on a product rendering. I give Lionel credit for curating as comprehensive a catalog as they have for 2018. The presentation of product hasn't dissuaded me from purchasing items I want.
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