As a rainstorm soaked the city of Passaic, N.J., on May 3, 1933, six boys living at an orphanage had one concern: What is all ...

He points towards the model trains. "This layout here has three different Lionel train sets on it running and kids could operate the remotes over there. You see him pressing the horn?" His dad ...

No one can say with certainty when the first Lionel model train was set up to chug around a Christmas tree and surprise children on Christmas morning, but it’s a safe bet that the idea and the ...

When I was a boy my oldest brother had a model train set ... Selling to collectors is quite easy because most items in train sets are numbered. For example, Lionel No. 2402 is a Pullman car. We ...