Buffet, Lionel Collector buys BNSF, expands his collection

Big news today in the financial world is that Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has purchased the remaining 76% of BNSF that he did not already own for the tidy sum of $26 Billion Dollars. Liz Claman at Fox news learned that his house has a 3rd floor full of Lionel Trains. He stated all the reasons the deal made financial sense like: as the economy recovers more goods will be shipped on trains, trains are four times more fuel efficient than trucks, the barriers to entry are very high, a great management team is already in place, etc., etc.

He denied that collecting Lionel Trains had any impact on his decision to buy the BNSF collection. That however sounds very doubtful to me!

For more information see:
http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-20091103-bnsf1,0,185679.story

Lionel to manufacture new set in US

Jerry Calabrese announces at the Train Collectors Association (TCA) National Museum prior to the TCA York meet that Lionel plans to manufacture a new die-cast set in Newark, NJ. To watch videos on-line compliments of TCA view http://www.tcamembers.org/netvision/lionel2.htm

There are also several other videos of the new Lionel products as presented by Lionel manangement that you can view by changing the "2" in the URL above to 1 through 8 or so.

For more information on the TCA organization see http://www.traincollectors.org/ . Scott at Trainz has been a member since 1975 and will be happy to help you become a member of the TCA. Please contact me at scott@trainz.com for more information.

Lionel offers 10% Off rebate 2009V2 Catalog - 100 Items

Lionel has just announced a 10% mail-in rebate program on 100 New items in their 2009 Volume 2 catalog. You simply need to print out the coupon from the Lionel website and send it along with a copy of your receipt. They will the mail you a check for 10% of your purchase price. The coupon needs to be sent in within 30 days of your purchase and the program ends December 31, 2010. Jerry Calabrese also posted a letter about the program on the Lionel website.

Lionel 2009 Volume II is here at Trainz!

We have just received in the Lionel volume II catalog and hope to have it available on our website by the end of the week. Please check our preorder link for updates. Also,we have had an inventory issue. If you see an item with no price listed please call us at 866-285-5840 for an updated price. We have found some items in our inventory we listed missing the prices.

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Pre-Order From The Lionel 2009 Christmas Catalog

The Lionel 2009 Christmas Catalog is here! We have all the items from this volume posted on our preorder website (http://store.trainzpreorder.com). We invite you to browse our website and enjoy special preorder pricing and cash in on the savings with FREE Shipping (within the USA)!

New list of items dropped by Lionel!

Below are some items from older catalogs dropped by Lionel. We are sorry for any inconvience this has caused.

Lionel 11003 Holiday Tradition Train Display
Lionel 11024 Snowman Express Train Set-Batt Op
Lionel 11077 Harry PotterÖ Figure Pack NIB
Lionel 14099 Mainline Block Target Signal
Lionel 28426 Union Pacific Tie-jector