BIANCO JR: 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 (laughter). (SOUNDBITE OF TOY TRAIN ...

Nearly 20 years after the initial review in Classic Toy Trains' Feb. 2008 issue, the O-gauge Hogwarts Express remains a steady set for Lionel, along with the accompanying Harry Potter-branded ...

The nation’s two largest makers of toy trains are nearing a conclusion to a 7-year-old, multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Columbia-based MTH Electric Trains had sued Lionel, a century-old brand ...

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 ...

We were also selected as the train club to demonstrate trains (set up layouts) for Lionel’s 100th anniversary in 2000 in Dearborn, Michigan.” Herb Koch has been president of the Chicagoland ...