For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...

DID YOU KNOW?• Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin and singer/songwriter Neil Young are Lionel train collectors/operators.• Frank Sinatra built a special building on his Palm Springs, Calif., compound to ...

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 ...

Hop on board for a fastpaced actionpacked journey to the world of Lionel See Prewar Postwar and Modern Era layouts built by nationally recognized designers and collectors like Clarke Dunham and Chuck ...

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 think of ...

They`re called toy trains, but the men who own and operate them refuse to think of them as such. ”It is NOT a toy. I have engines that are worth $2,000 apiece,” says Stan Roy, talking about the unique ...