As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby ...

Which Lionel train sets are best? Lionel has been making trains for kids, adults and model railroading hobbyists for more than 120 years. Ever since the first kid played with Lionel’s first toy train ...

When you think of Christmas, you might picture a model train looping around a Christmas tree, and there's a good chance the train is made by Lionel. The company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

No one can say with certainty when the first Lionel model train was set up to chug around a Christmas tree and surprise children on Christmas morning, but it’s a safe bet that the idea and the ...

“It was like growing up with Santa Claus,” Cathy Saypol said. She’s talking about her great-grandfather, Joshua Lionel Cowen, the New York inventor born in 1877. In 1900, he created maybe the most ...

Which Christmas train set IS BEST? When decorating your home for the holidays, nothing ushers in the season quite like a train set wrapped around the Christmas tree. These festive locomotives vary ...

Q -I would appreciate an estimate of the value of a Lionel train set that dates back to 1928-32. It is Outfit No. 296 and is O gauge scale. The train set consists of Engine No. 253, two No. 207 ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic... Trains, tracks, and tradition: Lionel celebrates ...