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 ...

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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 ...

All the sights and sounds that have made Lionel Trains an American icon See our narrator Jeff in the cab of a Santa Fe F3 as it glides down the track Youll also meet Lenny the Lion the first animated ...

A gold-plated Hudson locomotive commemorated the 100th anniversary of Lionel in 2000. Local train geeks are going to love this one: Lionel, the 114-year-old toy train ...

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 ...

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 ...

Model train maker Lionel LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, citing a jury’s ruling that it must pay a rival for misappropriating designs. A U.S. District Court jury in Detroit ...

A Columbia model train manufacturer has filed the latest in a series of patent infringement lawsuits aimed at a longtime competitor, alleging he and his company made unauthorized use of technology ...