Controlling Model Trains From Your iPad In moving into the digital realm, Lionel has also entered the open source realm. In January, the company opened up its layout protocols to allow train sets ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and ...

It still works." That and other antique Lionel trains have run around a 4-by 8-foot holiday layout topped by a Christmas tree every winter since Smith and his wife, Pamela, bought their house in 1981.

But in 2010, Lionel hired a team in this small northeastern Ohio town that had been fixing its trains (and others as well) as a private business. They were so good at the job that just three years ...

News Lionel model trains get back on track Published: Dec. 09, 2008, 1:00 a.m.

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.

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and ...

For the last 113 years, Lionel Trains has been making model trains that mirror the real-life versions on America's railways. Here are some of the most iconic.

Interest in model trains has varied over decades, even during Christmas. Since the 1950s, television, slot cars, plastic models and other diversions have diluted the attraction of model trains.

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. Battle Train is a game ...