And if Lionel, which has in one form or another been manufacturing model trains since 1900, has its way, there may well be a boom in model railroading to go right along with it.

When you think of Christmas, you might picture a model train looping around a Christmas tree, and there's a good chance the train is made by Lionel. The company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

News Lionel model trains get back on track Published: Dec. 09, 2008, 1:00 a.m. By Peter Genovese | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Mia Song/The Star-Ledger ...

How it started: European Christmas villages and Lionel trains The ritual of miniature villages and nativity scenes beneath Christmas trees came to the U.S. with European immigrants in the 1800s.

Kughn kept his $3.5 million private collection of model trains, cars, vintage automobiles and other antiques and collectibles at Carail, a 50,000-square-foot museum at 17455 Grand River Ave.

Jackson Napoleon Township couple's collection of Lionel trains has become a model attraction Updated: Dec. 24, 2009, 4:26 a.m. | Published: Dec. 24, 2009, 3:26 a.m.

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 ...

Lionel has been making and selling model trains since 1900, and recently the company decided to do something different to rejuvenate the brand — release an iPad game.

His father always set up an elaborate network of Lionel model trains late on Dec. 24, so when Frank Winner and his little brother, Jim, got up Christmas mornings, they’d find the living room of ...

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 ...

After more than seven years of legal fighting, Lionel LLC reached a tentative deal with rival MTH Electric Trains to settle their long-running, trade-secrets battle and to put the 107-year-old ...