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 ...

Lionel Trains is no stranger to modeling preserved steam locomotives we know and love, including those still operating today. The latest offering is Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 (No. 2531120), a local ...

Two-year-old Matteo Volpi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at a Lionel Train setup at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday. As Thomas the Tank Engine passed in front of him on a miniature train track, Volpi ...

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC• Train layout, Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel lobby Wednesday, July 17, through Friday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.• Train Show (sale), Track 29 BuildingTrading hall to contain 150 ...

Railroad giant Union Pacific Corp. thinks it can–thinks it can, thinks it can–squeeze royalty payments out of model-train makers that put the UP logo on their tiny train sets. But it may face an ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

There is much nostalgia in model trains. Grandfathers who grew up running Lionel trains later bought them for their children, who bought them for their children, said Irene Burrell, 65, who owns ...

Each November, Small Business Saturday spotlights smaller companies. With that in mind, we talked with Kenneth Bianco Jr., director of sales and marketing and third-generation member of the family ...

Never mind the trains, they want the bricks. Yes, the bricks. Forget that they’re no more unusual than any one of a million rail spikes securing a length of track anywhere in America. Doesn’t matter ...