Q: How do I find out about old electric Lionel trains? My set, purchased in 1938, is in good running condition and has its original box and instructions. Is it valuable? A: Condition, age, rarity and ...

Jerry Calabrese readily admits he's not a "fan boy" when it comes to Lionel trains; he doesn't own every locomotive, freight car or caboose Lionel ever made. But Calabrese, a Montclair resident who is ...

Which Lionel train sets are best? Lionel has been making trains for kids, adults and model railroading hobbyists for more than 120 years. Ever since the first kid played with Lionel’s first toy train ...

Among fond childhood memories is the Christmas the electric train set was under the tree. It was shiny, the engine was bright yellow and if you cranked the transformer way up, it would go fast enough ...

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 ...

Line, Menards, and other 3-rail O gauge trains? Do you like big trains but have a small budget? This is the channel for you! Novices are welcome here! I received my first Lionel set when I was two ...

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 ...

Perhaps there was a demand for a game that would help old timers relive the glory days on the bustling railroad era. That would explain why Black Lantern Studios decided to develop Lionel Trains on ...