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

Maybe you want to give a sense of what electric trains were like before plastic ... A perfect addition will be a Lionel no. 440N signal bridge. Lionel first cataloged its signal bridge in 1932.

By the early 1900s, Lionel began producing electric trains, introducing a new level of realism and interactivity. Their first product, the Electric Express in 1901, was designed as a store display ...

“The common power source was a child pushing a toy train or pulling it on a tether.” An inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a ... really was working with electric motors. It was a fairly whiz-bang sort of toy. It was not simple. It was not wind-up. It was purely mechanical." ...

“The common power source was a child pushing a toy train or pulling it on a tether.” An inventor named Joshua Lionel Cowen started Lionel in 1900 and came up with a battery-powered ...

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