Under the holiday tree this year is a large Schoenhut Railroad Station with illumination. According to the TCA's "Standard Of The World" book Lionel sold two versions of this station between 1917 and 1920. Model No,. 121 was 13-1/2" x 9" x 13" and Model No. 121X with the same measurements was illuminated with two lights. The station I have, acquired at York several years ago, is larger. It measures 17" x 10" x 12" and has five lamps and a switch for illumination. All windows have glass panes. Here is the information on Schoenhut from Wiki:
"The Schoenhut Piano Company is an American manufacturer of toy pianos, dolls, and other wooden toys. It was founded in 1872 in Philadelphia as the A. Schoenhut Company by German immigrant and woodcarver Albert Schoenhut, who had begun making toy pianos during his youth in Germany.[1] Both his father and grandfather had been toy and doll-makers.[1] The company began with making toy pianos and soon expanded to other toys such as dolls, doll houses, and circus figures. By the time of Albert Schoenhut's death in 1912, Schoenhut Piano Company had grown to become the largest toy company in the United States, and the first to export its products to Germany.[1] The Great Depression forced the company into bankruptcy in 1935, but a year later Otto Schoenhut opened a new company called O. Schoenhut, Inc., continuing the legacy. It was purchased in the 1980s by the Trinca family."
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