Joshua Lionel Cowen

1877–1965 (age 88)

Inventor/Businessman

Biography

Joshua Lionel Cowen turned his passion for engineering into the Lionel Corporation, creating intricate toy trains that enchanted generations and became synonymous with the joy of the rails.

He shared the fruits of his success in support of charitable causes and maintained a lifelong curiosity that inspired inventors and children alike, leaving a remembrance at Union Field Cemetery as vivid as the locomotives he built.

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