Scranton, PA will host the 55th annual Lionel Collectors Club of America’s Convention & Toy Train Show. From July 20 to 26, ...

In this mid-2025 Interview with Howard Hitchcock, CEO of Lionel Trains, learn more Lionel’s 125th anniversary, customized ...

Lionel's model trains have been chugging through bedrooms and around coffee tables for the past 113 years. But now, they're getting a digital makeover.

Millionaire real estate developer Richard P. Kughn liked Lionel electric trains so much he bought the company. His decision, however, was not impetuous. Kughn first spent nearly a half century ...

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!

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 ...

Today, 35 years later, Lionel electric trains start, stop and reverse by remote control. One of President Cowen’s prides is the fat 400E, a standard (2¾ in.) “hog,” which, ...

Lionel trains turns 125, ... "And he was sort of an inventor and a young man, very entrepreneurial and, you know, really was working with electric motors. It was a fairly whiz-bang sort of toy.

It often starts with “My dad gave me a Lionel train, which we put under the tree,” says Eric White, editor of Model Railroader. It continues with: “I got older and I bought scale trains.