An operating Lionel train layout will be set up the entire week, July 15-20, in the lobby of the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, 1400 Market St. Hours are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m ...

HISTORIC LIONEL TRAIN LAYOUT Go inside the air-conditioned Visitors Center to see a massive multilevel Lionel train layout, which was acquired from Michigan. Watch as 10 to 12 trains run ...

A three-tier, 37-train layout, featuring the 110-year-old Lionel company’s latest engines, will soon churn through the hotel’s atrium.

Classic Toy Trains’ next special interest publication features 14 layouts you can visit across the United States, from the The Choo Choo Barn, the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club, the Virginia ...

The Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club’s museum-quality layout is about 40 feet by 60 feet, taking up most of the first floor of the group’s facility in New Lenox. Club members built the layout ...

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.

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 equipped with WiFi to be controlled by apps.

Published: Dec. 09, 2008, 1:00 a.m. By Peter Genovese | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Mia Song/The Star-Ledger Thomas C. Nuzzo, events manager, operates Lionel train layouts at Gateway Center in Newark ...