I recently reviewed my digital collection of Lionel catalogs. I have 1900 to 1995, and 2014 to present.
Were digital catalogs ever generated for the years in between?
Regards,
Lou N
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Do you mean the DVDs that were sold by HSL? I have three of them covering 1925-1995. I'm not aware of any others.
Looks like HSL just produced digital copies through 1995:
Never understood why Lionel didn't continue their relationship with HSL and John. Seems counterproductive to discourage someone from promoting your company's history. Perhaps they could revisit that decision since I believe it was made under different corporate leadership?
I revisited HSL's website in response to this thread. Apparently the original deal was brokered by the LCCA and it's back on! It looks like once again you can buy the disks, and for you Tinplaters, now there's one spanning the period 1900-1925!
I'm not personally interested in going back that far. But to have a more up-to-date reference collection, I wouldn't mind paying for one that covers 1995-2020. Didn't see anything like that on the website now, but we'll see!
Ted S,
Are you sure you went to the HSL website? Every catalog segment I viewed contained a statement in bold black letters that said the availability ended in 2014!
Chuck
@Landsteiner posted:Never understood why Lionel didn't continue their relationship with HSL and John. Seems counterproductive to discourage someone from promoting your company's history. Perhaps they could revisit that decision since I believe it was made under different corporate leadership?
Because Lionel now has most of them up on their website with the exception of about 5-7 years. Seems repetitive.
Hi Friends!
Thank you for your continued interest in these great HSL Lionel digital archive products! I would like to clarify a few things ...
All things ended on a positive note with these products and all parties involved. I had always hoped to find a permanent home on the web that would be able to host these products for many years, if not indefinitely. Delivering the product on CDs was becoming more difficult as PCs/Macs no longer had DVD/CD readers. Other viewing platforms like iPads and other mobile devices could not access CDs. Having these products hosted on a web-site allows all devices to access the products. By working with the LCCA and Lionel, these now have a permanent home on the LCCA web-site (www.lionelcollectors.org). You can become a member for as little as $25/year. Thanks go to both the LCCA and Lionel for making this happen.
The CDs are no longer available. Access is now via the LCCA website. HSL’s website address is www.hslinc.com . Some links provided above are to links within the website.
Personally, I am out of the digital archive business. I enjoyed working on these products immensely as I am a fellow train hobby enthusiast! I have met many of you through this endeavor and still enjoy the friendships and putting names and faces together!
It all started with my friends at OGR with the OGR Digital Archive. Now those OGR Digital Archive digitized images are available via the OGR Digital Library — available for free to OGR Digital Edition subscribers!
All of the HSL digital archive efforts will remain available even though a few have yet to be announced.
I know many folks have requested digital Lionel catalogs from 1996 - present. A logical place is next to the 96 years currently available on the LCCA web-site. If you are interested in seeing this happen, please join the LCCA in support of the current archives that are available and let the LCCA know your interest in seeing the ones that are currently missing. I know the LCCA listens to their members!
Thanks again everyone! I continue to appreciate your support of these efforts!
Being a member of the LCCA, I've had this disscusion with them a while back. In the 1996 to 2008 period, I have just about all the single sheet and small multi page brochures in digital format and sent them some samples. The issue if I recall at the time was getting full scans of all the large catalogs in that time frame. Wish they could all get added to the LCCA website.
