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Not thrilled with new Lionel Website.

 

Pretty non intuitive as to how to find items if you know anything about trains and the catalogs seem to have disappeared.  I can't figure out how to find the instruction manuals for older products.  

 

The search function seems to not be able to retrieve more than 25 items and, at least for American Flyer, the items retrieved do not all seem appropriate.

 

It looks like the whole function of the site is to make it easier for the person who is naive to Toy Trains to purchase a RTR Lionel set and is not at all friendly to the older collector/operator.  It might be nice if Lionel went to two websites, one for the new person and one for the collector/operator.

 

Just my 2 cents.

 

Little Tommy

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It is kind of weird that if you click on the AF Fastrack section page 2 and 3 show you G gauge and O gauge trains... Looks like they have quite a few bugs to work out still.

 

It's annoying when companies update their website to get cool new looks, but actually lose functionality, or release it before it has been thoroughly tested. Let's be honest though, AF seem to be a very low priority for Lionel so they probably just forgot to check.

Hi Tommy - Yes - It starts out a little mixed up, but every thing is under Hobbyist, or Support. 

This is the short link to the 2015 American Flyer Catalog. - Under Hobbyist

http://catalogs.lionel.com/15af/

American Flyer Catalog

 Owners Manuals & Parts are under Support - Which takes you back to the old Lionel Web Pages

https://www.lionelsupport.com/

Lionel & AF Repairs & Replacement Parts

 

Hope this helps - Gary - Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway - Good Luck

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