I've been working on a web-site, "Phrankenstign's UNAUTHORIZED Train Catalog & Flyer Gallery" (phrankenstign.com) for over a year. It is my attempt to include front and back pictures of every single catalog and flyer the following companies put out: Lionel, K-Line, and MTH.
(I've started including other companies, but I don't have an abundance of stuff for those companies: Athearn, Atlas, Bachmann, Broadway Limited Imports, L.G.B., Right-Of-Way Industries Incorporated, Tyco, Walthers, Weaver, and Williams.)
Although I've already completed quite a bit, I've still got a long way to go. In addition to that, I plan on adding pics of as many of the newsletters as possible: Lionel Railroader Club's "Keep on Trackin'" & "Inside Track", K-Line Collectors' Club's "The K-Line Connection", and Mike's Train House Railroaders Club's "CrossingGate".
I invite those who are interested to visit the site. It's free, and I don't make any money from it at all. I was hoping to find pics of all the stuff Lionel had published a couple of years ago, but I couldn't. So.....I decided to do it myself. One of the nice things I was able to find were the great number of covers that were part of wraparound pictures or were foldouts. Although I'd been familiar with many of the covers, it was a treat to see the complete pictures they had always been a part of from the start. I also included a pic of the entire, unfolded poster that served as the back of Lionel's 1970 catalog. There are many surprising items pictured on the back covers. Some showcase exciting, new products (like the 1950 Electronic Set), while others show items that didn't quite succeed (such as the Lionel TruTrack System). In either case, they are quite interesting to look at in my opinion.
Anyway, the stuff I'm hoping to add to the web-site is listed below........
I'm looking for the following Lionel catalogs:
- 1900-1981 (Lionel published at least 2 catalogs a year in the postwar period through to the present---sometimes more. I only have one for each year after 1956.)
- 2018
- I have at least one catalog for the years not listed here. If you go through the site and you have any for those years that isn't shown, then I would like to add/buy those too. These include all O, HO, S, Large, and Standard gauge catalogs.
I'm looking for the following Lionel flyers:
- 1900-1972
- 1974
- 1977-1978
- 1981
- 1983-1985
- 1993
- 1995
- 2004-2013
- 2017-2018
- I have at least one flyer for the years not listed here. If you go through the site and you have any for those years that isn't shown, then I would like to add/buy those too. These include all O, HO, S, Large, and Standard gauge flyers.
I'm looking for the following K-Line catalogs:
- 1974-1978
- 1980-1981
- 1985
- I have at least one catalog for the years not listed here. If you go through the site and you have any for those years that isn't shown, then I would like to add/buy those too.
I'm looking for the following K-Line flyers:
- 1974-1984
- 1986-1987
- 1998
- 2001
- 2004-2005
- 2008-2009
- I have at least one flyer for the years not listed here. If you go through the site and you have any for those years that isn't shown, then I would like to add/buy those too.
I'm looking for the following club newsletters:
- Lionel Railroader Club (LRRC)
- "Keep On Trackin' " (#1 - #19)
- Completed
- "Lionel Railroader Club" (#20)
- Completed
- "Lionel Railroader Club The Inside Track" (#21 - #39)
- Completed
- "The Inside Track from Lionel" (#40 - #72)
- Completed
- "Inside Track" (#73 - #135)
- #127 - #129
- #131
- "Lionel Railroader Club Inside Track" (#136-Present)
- #140 and all issues afterward (last issue #145?)
- "Keep On Trackin' " (#1 - #19)
- K-Line Collectors' Club (KCC) - "The K-Line Connection" - I'm looking for:
- Vol. 1 No. 1, 2, & 4
- M.T.H. Railroaders Club (MTHRRC) "The CrossingGate" - I'm looking for:
- 2003 - Winter
- 2005 - Volume 3
- 2006 - Volume 4
- 2013 - Volumes 2, 3, 4
- 2014 - Volume 4
- 2015 - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4
- 2016 - Volumes 3, 4
- 2017 - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4
- 2018 - Volume 1, 2, 3, 4
If you have any of the issues above, please send me a list of what you have along with a good description (pics if possible) and the price you're asking in an e-mail. I'd like to add them to the web-site.
Thanks in advance for any assistance any of you provide. If you don't have any of the stuff I'm looking for, but you know a source (either private individual or store) that may have it, please let me know. (I'm constantly checking ebay, so I've got that covered already.)
Updated: 05/28/18