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 ...

As my colleagues Joann Muller, Zack O’Malley Greenburg and Christopher Helman reported earlier this year, the United States is heading towards its second railroad boom here at the beginning of the ...

Step into the world of one remarkable woman whose private model railroad layout might just be the finest O scale Lionel collection you have ever seen. A passionate tribute to the hobby and the ...

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 ...

The Museum of American History at Deptford presents the 18th annual Antique Toy Train Show from Nov. 27 through Jan. 31. Featuring O and O-27 gauge toy trains, from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, the ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...