"But since it's Christmas, I'm heavy on the gingerbread this time of year." A Lionel Thomas the Tank Engine train set enters a tunnel at TrainLand. It's one of the many brands Lionel licenses.

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. When you ...

“This is a lot of fun, and we’re all 12 years old again playing with trains.” Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club members Joe Smolinski, left, and Thomas Zettergren take a shift operating the ...

“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 ...

Angela Trotta Thomas has been licensed to paint Lionel Trains for over 30 years. With she and her husband's Christmas display set up in their garage for the season, she reflects on the ...

Lionel's No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine and tender from 1950 look fantastic on the O gauge layout built by Walt Urban Jr. (featured in the September 2023 issue of Classic Toy Trains ).

It was the time when manufacturer Lionel started making the first toy train. “At that time, children were more familiar with toy trains than all other automobiles, so toy train sets were the ...

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 ...