After 113 years of making model trains sets, Lionel Trains is going digital with an app that interfaces with the actual trains. Their iconic model trains have been chugging through bedrooms and ...

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 ...

The most popular train sizes are O scale and HO scale – HO stands for “half-O”. Lionel specializes in O scale trains. A variety of manufacturers make HO trains. While gauge distinctions may ...

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 ...

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading ... and American manufacturers like Lionel and Athearn began investing heavily in HO production, recognizing its potential to ...

This train is from one of Lionel's earliest lines and was a replica of the common 4-4-2 locomotives of the era. The 4-4-2 signifies the wheel configuration, meaning the train had four wheels in ...

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 ...

They were there to talk trains, and ended up making a bit of history themselves. It was the first meeting of what would become the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club, now home to “the largest ...