As my colleagues Joann Muller, Zack O’Malley Greenburg and Christopher Helman reported earlier this year, the United States is heading towards its second railroad boom here at the beginning of the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The National Toy Hall of Fame is paying homage to the electric age. The Easy-Bake Oven and Lionel model trains joined Mr. Potato Head, the Frisbee and 32 other classic but watt-free ...

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC• Train layout, Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel lobby Wednesday, July 17, through Friday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.• Train Show (sale), Track 29 BuildingTrading hall to contain 150 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The National Toy Hall of Fame is paying homage to the electric age. The Easy-Bake Oven and Lionel model trains joined Mr. Potato Head, the Frisbee and 32 other classic but watt-free ...

TRAIN ENTHUSIAST Roger Carp was 5 years old when he got his first Lionel toy train. More than 60 years later, the senior editor of Classic Toy Trains magazine has written a book called “Collectible ...

Ronald Saypol, who transformed Lionel Corp., the biggest U.S. maker of electric model trains, into a toy retailer that years later went bankrupt, has died. He was 85. He died Nov. 28 at a nursing home ...

Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Lionel has been making ...