Roger is indeed one of the most prolific and gifted historians of the hobby, particularly Lionel. Anyone who thinks of Joshua Cowen as a "train guy" ought to read Roger's articles and books and disabuse themselves of that notion. He never had a home layout and saw trains as a business, nothing more or less. I doubt he ever looked at a toy train after he retired. This takes nothing away from his achievement unless you think a man's motivations count more than his actions. Roger Carp has done a brilliant job of documenting and interpreting the history the second half of the 20th century when it comes to Lionel trains and their social context and marketing "psychology."
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