I collect original prewar trains in Standard and Wide Gauge, i.e. 2 1/8". Lionel created the gauge in 1906, and called their trains the "Standard of the World." Soon, Standard gauge caught on as a ...

The recently announced Round 2 Lionel acquisition could reshape the model train industry, potentially changing the toy train hobby.

Watch Michael Bertoia appraise a Lionel 700E Hudson scale train model, ca. 1940, in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American ...

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 ...

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 ...