Lionel in Michigan?

A lot of you guys run Lionel trains. I did not growing up, I use HO scale, so the Michigan connection was even more interesting. Have you heard of Richard P. Kughn? As far as I can find he was someone of importance in Michigan, especially the Detroit area. In 1986 Lionel sold the company to him.

"When General Mills spun off its Kenner-Parker division in 1985, Lionel became part of Kenner-Parker. Lionel was sold again in 1986, this time to toy-train collector / real estate developer Richard P. Kughn of Detroit, Michigan." "Richard Kughn was a prolific toy train collector who said that his friends joked that the only thing his collection lacked was the company who made them. Kughn believed that if he moved production to Detroit, it would be possible to improve quality to a level characteristic of the original Lionel Corporation and still maintain profitability."
Check out the rest of the information on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel,_LLC

Mr. Kughn also did an interview, on Lionel, much later in his life. The link here will get you there. http://www.toytrainrevue.com/kughn.htm

Some of you were asking for more "Michigan" train information. I hope I did well.
Lisa