For the show, a local HO Modular Group set up its Seattle Pacific and Eastern Railroad display which included Tacoma Rail ...

Classic Toy Trains new products for January 2025 including items from MTH, LCCA, BPH Enterprises, and much more.

An inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen started Lionel in 1900 and came up with a battery-powered “Electric ... model railroad,” Vondrak says. “I got my start in the hobby from a gift of a ...

Many, many trains. This reporter was briefed on the Lionel ... model of a Saturn 5 at home, along with several different types of train sets. “I have TrackMaster trains, wooden trains, electric ...

Railroad displays at Christmastime evoke an American era in which trains brought relatives, holiday gifts and childhood ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled ...

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary.

With bright eyes, post-World War II baby boom children filled “toylands” at area stores, amazed at the brightly colored offerings as local retailers stacked the shelves for lucrative Christmas sales.

"This layout here has three different Lionel train sets on it running and ... really was working with electric motors. It was a fairly whiz-bang sort of toy. It was not simple.