In 1947 the trio of Albert Mercer, K. Linwood Stauffer, and
Robert Faust came together, united by a love of modern model railroading. They
had come to the realization that most of the model railroad equipment being
produced was of inferior quality and lacking realistic detail. Penn Line used
lead dies to cast their trains instead of the more common stamping employed by
Lionel and American Flyer.
In the 60's Penn expanded into the slot car market, trying
to bring the realism they'd brought to trains to the new market. Thus they
produced the A. J. Foyt endorsed Indy 500 racing set. Reportedly it was a great
looking, under-powered, flop. by 1963 the company had declared bankruptcy.
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