@harmonyards posted:“ new parts people” just so happened to be able to convince the powers to be to go to a 10 year plan like other mfr.’s do, and actually did the dirty deed of dumpster toss,…..I mean, if you look at from a worker’s point of view, less part numbers means less work, but still get paid the same,…..I can’t see Lionel having the bandwidth to make paychecks based on revenue crated, ie; profit sharing, etc,….so the theory that bothers me is if they did dump the stuff to simply lighten their work load,…..for not just this round of stuff, but every year they get to ditch the 11th hour stuff….again, …less work, less worry, but same
Pat
You might be onto something Pat. They auctioned off all of the archives and dumped 10 years of online catalogs as well.
Quite a change from the last "parts guy". Who I vividly recall ,reaching out on the forum for info regarding models that Lionel did not have records for at the time.
