Instead, customers began buying them as toys and "they became popular almost immediately,” Miller says. Model trains are a ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century ... mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby shop on Long Island, New York. "I think I want to get, like, another one of the locomotives ...

Lionel's perfect postwar train set features a classic steam engine ... to our magazine by one of the smartest fellows in the hobby: Vladimir J. Dragan. We were talking at the October 2023 train ...

When you think of Christmas, you might think of model trains around a Christmas tree. And there's a good chance it's a Lionel. The iconic American toy train company is celebrating its 125th ...

Model trains are a large part of the overall hobby industry, and Lionel remains best known for its enduring line of trains. Other model train manufacturers: Lionel reached its peak in the 1950s ...